Xinjiang Rong
Biographic Data
| ID | 5123362 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xinjiang Rong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xinjiang |
| FAMILY NAME | Rong |
| SIGNATURE | RONG X |
| AFFILIATIONS | Peking University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 30 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Silk Road and Cultural Exchanges between East and West
This first and only English translation of Rong Xinjiang’s The Silk Road and Cultural Exchanges Between East and West is a collection of 28 papers on the history of the Silk Road and the interactions among the peoples and cultures of East and Central Asia, including the so-called Western Regions in modern-day Xinjiang. Each paper is a masterly study that combines information obtained from historical records with excavated materials, such as manus…
Mani and the Messiah in the Record of the Dharma-Jewel through the Generations —The origins of Manichean and Nestorian elements in Tibetan texts
This paper for the first time reveals the records on Manichaeism and Nestorianism in the Dunhuang manuscript of an early Chan text Record of the Dharma-Jewel through the Generations. It traces the origins of the story manipulated by Buddhist monks against Manichaeism and Nestorianism in the late part of the eighth century and contextualizes the religious milieu after the An Lushan rebellion. It argues that the Buddhist community in the Sichuan re…
A Eurasia Perspective on the Silk Road Between Han and Tang Dynasties
Sogdian Merchants and Sogdian Culture on the Silk Road
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Postscript
Lecture 9 The Political and Economic History of the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties in Light of Dunhuang Studies
Lecture 6 Scramble for the Treasures of Khotan, Kucha, Loulan and Gaochang
In Eighteen Lectures on Dunhuang, Professor Rong Xinjiang provides a reliable, yet accessible, overview of the discovery of the Dunhuang manuscripts, the emergence of the field of Dunhuang studies and its contribution to scholarship both in China and the West.
Lecture 12 The Significance of Buddhist and Daoist Manuscripts from Dunhuang
Lecture 13 Dunhuang Copies of Traditional Chinese Texts and Medieval Intellectual History
In Eighteen Lectures on Dunhuang, Professor Rong Xinjiang provides a reliable, yet accessible, overview of the discovery of the Dunhuang manuscripts, the emergence of the field of Dunhuang studies and its contribution to scholarship both in China and the West.
Index
Lecture 1 Dunhuang in Chinese History
Lecture 11 The History of Central Asian Peoples and China’s Contacts with Her Neighbors in Light of Dunhuang Studies
Epilogue
Lecture 17 Dunhuang and Manuscript Studies
In Eighteen Lectures on Dunhuang, Professor Rong Xinjiang provides a reliable, yet accessible, overview of the discovery of the Dunhuang manuscripts, the emergence of the field of Dunhuang studies and its contribution to scholarship both in China and the West.
Lecture 15 Dunhuang Studies and the History of Science and Technology
In Eighteen Lectures on Dunhuang, Professor Rong Xinjiang provides a reliable, yet accessible, overview of the discovery of the Dunhuang manuscripts, the emergence of the field of Dunhuang studies and its contribution to scholarship both in China and the West.
Lecture 16 Dunhuang in Light of Art and Archaeology
Lecture 4 The Nature of the Dunhuang Library Cave and the Reasons for Its Sealing
In Eighteen Lectures on Dunhuang, Professor Rong Xinjiang provides a reliable, yet accessible, overview of the discovery of the Dunhuang manuscripts, the emergence of the field of Dunhuang studies and its contribution to scholarship both in China and the West.
Lecture 5 Major Collections of Dunhuang Manuscripts
Lecture 2 Dunhuang and the Silk Road
Preliminary Material
Lecture 18 Forgeries and the Authentication of Dunhuang Manuscripts
In Eighteen Lectures on Dunhuang, Professor Rong Xinjiang provides a reliable, yet accessible, overview of the discovery of the Dunhuang manuscripts, the emergence of the field of Dunhuang studies and its contribution to scholarship both in China and the West.
Lecture 7 Dunhuang Studies and Oriental Studies in the West
Lecture 3 The Discovery of the Dunhuang Cave Library and Its Early Dispersal
Lecture 8 Dunhuang Studies in China and Japan
Lecture 14 Language and Literature in Light of Dunhuang Studies
Eighteen Lectures on Dunhuang
In Eighteen Lectures on Dunhuang, Rong Xinjiang provides an accessible overview of Dunhuang studies, an academic field that emerged following the discovery of a medieval monastic library at the Mogao caves near Dunhuang. The manuscripts were hidden in a cave at the beginning of the 11th century and remained unnoticed until 1900, when a Daoist monk accidentally found them and subsequently sold most of them to foreign explorers and scholars. The av…
Newly Discovered Chinese-Khotanese Bilingual Tallies
Since 2005, the National Library of China has acquired in succession a group of 35 Chinese-Khotanese bilingual wooden tallies. These (Set I below) are all records of tax collection, dated in the 10th year of the Kaiyuan era of the Tang dynasty (618-907) = 722 CE. In 1998, Aziz Abdurashit of the Bureau of Cultural Relics of Khotan published the Chinese texts of four other bilingual tallies (Set II below),1 which were also noticed by Yutaka Yoshida…
Sur un manuscrit chinois découvert à Cira près de Khotan
The Chinese manuscripts discovered near Khotan and acquired by the Indologist A.F. Hoernle or by Aurel Stein at the beginning of the twentieth century were first edited by E. Chavannes. One of these manuscripts, a petition concerning taxes, is here the object of a new study, in conjunction with other Chinese or Khotanese manuscripts discovered in this region, as well as Chinese and Tibetan sources
Newly Discovered Chinese-Khotanese Bilingual Tallies
Since 2005, the National Library of China has acquired in succession a group of 35 Chinese-Khotanese bilingual wooden tallies. These (Set I below) are all records of tax collection, dated in the 10th year of the Kaiyuan era of the Tang dynasty (618-907) = 722 CE. In 1998, Aziz Abdurashit of the Bureau of Cultural Relics of Khotan published the Chinese texts of four other bilingual tallies (Set II below),1 which were also noticed by Yutaka Yoshida…
Postscript
Lecture 9 The Political and Economic History of the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties in Light of Dunhuang Studies
Lecture 6 Scramble for the Treasures of Khotan, Kucha, Loulan and Gaochang
In Eighteen Lectures on Dunhuang, Professor Rong Xinjiang provides a reliable, yet accessible, overview of the discovery of the Dunhuang manuscripts, the emergence of the field of Dunhuang studies and its contribution to scholarship both in China and the West.
Lecture 12 The Significance of Buddhist and Daoist Manuscripts from Dunhuang
Lecture 13 Dunhuang Copies of Traditional Chinese Texts and Medieval Intellectual History
In Eighteen Lectures on Dunhuang, Professor Rong Xinjiang provides a reliable, yet accessible, overview of the discovery of the Dunhuang manuscripts, the emergence of the field of Dunhuang studies and its contribution to scholarship both in China and the West.
Index
Lecture 1 Dunhuang in Chinese History
Lecture 11 The History of Central Asian Peoples and China’s Contacts with Her Neighbors in Light of Dunhuang Studies
Epilogue
Lecture 17 Dunhuang and Manuscript Studies
In Eighteen Lectures on Dunhuang, Professor Rong Xinjiang provides a reliable, yet accessible, overview of the discovery of the Dunhuang manuscripts, the emergence of the field of Dunhuang studies and its contribution to scholarship both in China and the West.
Lecture 15 Dunhuang Studies and the History of Science and Technology
In Eighteen Lectures on Dunhuang, Professor Rong Xinjiang provides a reliable, yet accessible, overview of the discovery of the Dunhuang manuscripts, the emergence of the field of Dunhuang studies and its contribution to scholarship both in China and the West.
Lecture 16 Dunhuang in Light of Art and Archaeology
Lecture 4 The Nature of the Dunhuang Library Cave and the Reasons for Its Sealing
In Eighteen Lectures on Dunhuang, Professor Rong Xinjiang provides a reliable, yet accessible, overview of the discovery of the Dunhuang manuscripts, the emergence of the field of Dunhuang studies and its contribution to scholarship both in China and the West.
Lecture 5 Major Collections of Dunhuang Manuscripts
Lecture 2 Dunhuang and the Silk Road
Preliminary Material
Lecture 18 Forgeries and the Authentication of Dunhuang Manuscripts
In Eighteen Lectures on Dunhuang, Professor Rong Xinjiang provides a reliable, yet accessible, overview of the discovery of the Dunhuang manuscripts, the emergence of the field of Dunhuang studies and its contribution to scholarship both in China and the West.
Lecture 7 Dunhuang Studies and Oriental Studies in the West
Lecture 3 The Discovery of the Dunhuang Cave Library and Its Early Dispersal
Lecture 8 Dunhuang Studies in China and Japan
Lecture 14 Language and Literature in Light of Dunhuang Studies
Lecture 10 Dunhuang Studies and the Social History of the Medieval Period
In Eighteen Lectures on Dunhuang, Professor Rong Xinjiang provides a reliable, yet accessible, overview of the discovery of the Dunhuang manuscripts, the emergence of the field of Dunhuang studies and its contribution to scholarship both in China and the West.
How the Residents of Turfan used Textiles as Money, 273–796 ce
Textiles, grain, coins; people living in the Silk Road oasis of Turfan, 160 km south-east of Urumqi in today's Xinjiang, used all three items as money between 273 and 769. The city of Gaochang (some 40 km east of today's Turfan) was one of the most important cities on the northern route around the Taklamakan Desert, and many of its inhabitants were buried in the adjacent Astana and Karakhoja graveyards. The region's dry climate has preserved an e…
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