Tun-huang
Title | Tun-huang PDF eBook |
Author | Yasushi Inoue |
Publisher | New York Review of Books |
Pages | 131 |
Release | 2011-03-09 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1590174259 |
More than a thousand years ago, an extraordinary trove of early Buddhist sutras and other scriptures was secreted away in caves near the Silk Road city of Tun-huang. But who hid this magnificent treasure and why? In Tun-huang, the great modern Japanese novelist Yasushi Inoue tells the story of Chao Hsing-te, a young Chinese man whose accidental failure to take the all-important exam that will qualify him as a high government official leads to a chance encounter that draws him farther and farther into the wild and contested lands west of the Chinese Empire. Here he finds love, distinguishes himself in battle, and ultimately devotes himself to the strange task of depositing the scrolls in the caves where, many centuries later, they will be rediscovered. A book of magically vivid scenes, fierce passions, and astonishing adventures, Tun-huang is also a profound and stirring meditation on the mystery of history and the hidden presence of the past.
Tun-huang Popular Narratives
Title | Tun-huang Popular Narratives PDF eBook |
Author | Victor H. Mair |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1983-11-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521247610 |
Tun-huang Popular Narratives presents authoritative translations of four vernacular Chinese stories, taken from fragmentary texts usually referred to as pien-wen or 'transformation texts'. Dating from the late T'ang (618-907) and Five Dynasties (907-959) periods, the texts were discovered early last century in a cave at Tun-huang, in Chinese Central Asia. However, written down in an early colloquial language by semi-literate individuals and posing formidable philological problems, the texts have not been studied critically before. Nevertheless they represent the only surviving primary evidence of a widespread and flourishing world of popular entertainment during these centuries. The tales deal with both religious (mostly Buddhist) and secular themes, and make exciting and vivid reading.
Ballads and Stories from Tun-huang
Title | Ballads and Stories from Tun-huang PDF eBook |
Author | The Arthur Waley Estate |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2012-11-12 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 1135651191 |
First published in 1960. Over a century ago the Chinese discovered in a sealed-up cave in the west of China a collection of manuscripts dating from the fifth century to the end of the tenth. These included many specimens of popular literature of a kind that was not previously known to exist. Although the find was made long ago, only two or three of these pieces had been translated before. Arthur Waley here translates, whole or as extracts, twenty-six pieces, making an invaluable addition to world literature.
Tun-huang
Title | Tun-huang PDF eBook |
Author | 井上靖 |
Publisher | Kodansha |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | China |
ISBN | 9780870115769 |
'Early in the 20th century an incredible hoard of Buddhist sutras and other manuscripts was discovered by an itinerant monk in 'Tun-huang.' Archaeologists recovered thousands of documents that had been concealed in the Thousand Buddha Caves for 900 years.
Cave Temples of Dunhuang
Title | Cave Temples of Dunhuang PDF eBook |
Author | Neville Agnew |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2016-05-07 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1606064894 |
The Mogao grottoes in northwestern China, located near the town of Dunhuang on the fabled Silk Road, constitute one of the world’s most significant sites of Buddhist art. Preserved in some five hundred caves carved into rock cliffs at the edge of the Gobi Desert are one thousand years of exquisite wall paintings and sculpture. Founded by Buddhist monks in the late fourth century, Mogao grew into an artistic and spiritual center whose renown extended from the Chinese capital to the far western kingdoms of the Silk Road. Among its treasures are 45,000 square meters of murals, more than 2,000 statues, and over 40,000 medieval silk paintings and illustrated manuscripts. This sumptuous catalogue accompanies an exhibition of the same name, which will run from May 7 through September 4, 2016, at the Getty Center. Organized by the Getty Conservation Institute, Getty Research Institute, Dunhuang Academy, and Dunhuang Foundation, the exhibition celebrates a decades-long collaboration between the GCI and the Dunhuang Academy to conserve this UNESCO World Heritage Site. It presents, for the first time in North America, a collection of objects from the so-called Library Cave, including illustrated sutras, prayer books, and other exquisite treasures, as well as three full-scale, handpainted replica caves. This volume includes essays by leading scholars, an illustrated portfolio on the replica caves, and comprehensive entries on all objects in the exhibition.
Buddhist Paintings of Tun-Huang in the National Museum, New Delhi
Title | Buddhist Paintings of Tun-Huang in the National Museum, New Delhi PDF eBook |
Author | Lokesh Chandra |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Buddhist painting |
ISBN | 9788192091235 |
The Tun-huang caves are the jewel of Buddhist art over the centuries. Situated at the foot of the Mountain of Singing Sands, an itinerant monk Yueh-ts'un settled down to excavate the first cave in AD 344, and to paint its walls. This book reproduces and describes the paintings from Tun-huang in the National Museum, New Delhi. The Tun-huang caves are the jewel of Buddhist art over the centuries. Situated at the foot of the Mountain of Singing Sands, they are the brush of the Buddha, where an itinerant monk Yueh-ts'un watched the iridescent peaks in the sheen of blue
Ballads and Stories from Tun-huang
Title | Ballads and Stories from Tun-huang PDF eBook |
Author | Tun-huang manuscripts |
Publisher | |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 1960 |
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