Manuscripts and travellers: the Sino-Tibetan documents of a tenth-century Buddhist pilgrim

This study is based on a Sino-Tibetan manuscript from the late 960s, carried by a Chinese pilgrim through the Hexi corridor on his way from Wutaishan to India. Included is a series of Tibetan letters of introduction that functioned as a passport as the monk stopped in monasteries on his way. The man...

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Published in:Studies in manuscript cultures
Authors: Van Schaik, Sam 1972- (Author) ; Galambos, Imre (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Berlin De Gruyter 2012
In: Studies in manuscript cultures (2)
Series/Journal:Studies in manuscript cultures 2
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B China / Tibet / Pilgrimage / Buddhism / Dunhuang manuscripts
B Gansu-Korridor / Pilgrimage / Buddhism / History 960-1000
Further subjects:B Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages (China)
B Buddhism
B Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages
B Pilgrimage
B China
B PHILOSOPHY / Generals
B Tibet
B Spring
B Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages (Tibet Region)
B Handschriften
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Summary:This study is based on a Sino-Tibetan manuscript from the late 960s, carried by a Chinese pilgrim through the Hexi corridor on his way from Wutaishan to India. Included is a series of Tibetan letters of introduction that functioned as a passport as the monk stopped in monasteries on his way. The manuscript is a unique contemporarytestimony of the large pilgrimage movement known from historical sources. It also provides evidence for the high degree of ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity in Western China during this period.
ISBN:3110225646
Access:Restricted Access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/9783110225655