| Contributions to the Cultural History of Early Tibet Contributor(s): Kapstein, Matthew (Editor), Dotson, Brandon (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004160647 ISBN-13: 9789004160644 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $157.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: Early medieval Tibet remains one of the most challenging fields in Tibetan Studies overall, wherein numerous mysteries remain. The six contributions comprising the present collection shed light on major topics in history, literature and religion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - China - History | Middle East - General - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 951.8 |
| Series: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6.64" W x 9.71" (1.63 lbs) 332 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The study of the rise and institutions of the Tibetan empire of the seventh to ninth centuries, and of the continuing development of Tibetan civilization during the obscure period that followed, have aroused growing interest among scholars of Inner Asia in recent decades. The six contributions presented here represent refinements in substance and method characterizing current work in this area. A chapter by Brandon Dotson provides a new perspective on law and divination under the empire, while the post-imperial international relations of the Tsong kha kingdom are analyzed by Bianca Horlemann. In "The History of the Cycle of Birth and Death", Yoshiro Imaeda's investigation of a Dunhuang narrative appears in a revised edition, in English for the first time. The problem of oral transmission in relation to the Tibetan Dunhuang texts is then taken up in the contribution of Sam van Schaik. In the final section, Matthew Kapstein and Carmen Meinert consider aspects of Chinese Buddhism in their relation to religious developments in Tibet. |