Esoteric Buddhism, which originated in ancient India, was introduced into Tibet in the seventh cen- tury. Since then, it has evolved in a different social and historical environment into.a unique sect known as Tibetan Esoter
【作者简介】
About the Authors
Li Jicheng, bom 1934, is one of thc top experts on thc study of Tibetan Buddhism in China. He was a student of Tibetan history and culture at the Central Nationalities Institute in Beijing in the fifties. In 1965. he joined the Institute of World Religions under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and dedicated most of his time to the research work on Tibetan Buddhism. Because of his know- ledge of the region and the Tibetan language, he was sent to northem Tibet in 1974 to help to set up a secondary school. During his two years stay there, he visited a large number of lamaseries, discussed extensively with the lamas and deepened enormously his understanding of the Esoteric Sect. In 1978, he made another research trip to Tibet and studied profoundly the canons and art of the religion. It was during this visit that he encountered the co-author and chief photographer of this book, Mr. Ku Shoukang and concluded a collaboration on the prcsent work.
Li Jicheng is now an associated research fellow at the Institute of World Religions and deputy secretary-general of the Tibetan Buddhism Research Society of Beijing. He is co-editor of a book entitled A Concise History of Tibet and author of many books and articles, including "The Invasion of Tibet by Tsarist Russia", "A Survey of the Research Work on Tibetan Buddhism in Forcign Coun- tries", "A Survey of the Research Work on Bon-po in Foreign Countries", "The Spread of the Rnying-ma-pa Sect of Tibetan Buddhism in Europe" and The Archltecture of the Tibetan Lamaseries and Buddhist Art. He also trans- lated a number of related articles by Western authorities and is at present writirig a book entitled Tibetan Buddh- ism.
Ku Shoukang is a well-known journalist and photogra- pher who won many national awards for his outstanding photos. His reports and photos have been carried by many newspapers and magazines inside and outside China. Since 1956, he had been working as art editor and then photo editor at the photographic department of the New China News Agency in Beijmg, until he was transferred to Tibet in 1977 as a resident correspondent of the Agency. It was during the following five years that he, together with a Tibetan photographer, Mr. Kang Song, travelled around Tibet, visited the major lamaseries and took a great num- ber of pictures of the religious buildings, the objects of art they treasured, the lamas, the people and the religious activities.
Ku is now living in Beijing and working as art editor of the magazine Photographfc World.
【目录】
CONTENTS Publisher's Note A Brief History of Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism Origin and Development The Canonical Texts and Doctrines of Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism The Organisation, System and Gradation of the Monastic Study of Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism The Art of Tibetan Buddhism lllustration Buddhist Bronzes Thang-Ka Frescoes Clay Molding Wood Carving and Wooden Tablet Painting Stone Carving Ritual Objects Appendices 1. Thang-Ka Paintings 2. Principal Terms in English and Chinese 3. Principal Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries and Temples
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