From Turfan to Dunhuang: Manichaean cosmogony in Chinese texts

Samuel N. C. Lieu

From Turfan to Dunhuang: Manichaean cosmogony in Chinese texts

Department of Ancient History

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Abstract

The publication in the Journal Asiatique in 1911 by the two distinguished French Sinologues E. Chavannes and P. Pelliot of a long Manichaean treatise in Chinese recovered from the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas and brought back by Chinese scholars to Beijing was a formative landmark in the study of Chinese sources in Manichaeism.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Turfan revisited
Subtitle of host publication	the first century of research into the arts and cultures of the Silk Road
Editors	Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst, Simone-Christiane Raschmann, Jens Wilkens, Marianne Yaldiz, Peter Zieme
Place of Publication	Berlin, Germany
Publisher	Dietrich Reimer Verlag
Pages	169-175
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	3496027630
Publication status	Published - 2004

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Name	Monographien zur indischen Archäologie, Kunst und Philologie
Publisher	Dietrich Reimer Verlag
Volume	17

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Lieu, S. N. C. (2004). From Turfan to Dunhuang: Manichaean cosmogony in Chinese texts. In D. Durkin-Meisterernst, S.-C. Raschmann, J. Wilkens, M. Yaldiz, & P. Zieme (Eds.), Turfan revisited: the first century of research into the arts and cultures of the Silk Road (pp. 169-175). (Monographien zur indischen Archäologie, Kunst und Philologie; Vol. 17). Dietrich Reimer Verlag.

Lieu, Samuel N. C. / From Turfan to Dunhuang : Manichaean cosmogony in Chinese texts. Turfan revisited: the first century of research into the arts and cultures of the Silk Road. editor / Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst ; Simone-Christiane Raschmann ; Jens Wilkens ; Marianne Yaldiz ; Peter Zieme. Berlin, Germany : Dietrich Reimer Verlag, 2004. pp. 169-175 (Monographien zur indischen Archäologie, Kunst und Philologie).

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Lieu, SNC 2004, From Turfan to Dunhuang: Manichaean cosmogony in Chinese texts. in D Durkin-Meisterernst, S-C Raschmann, J Wilkens, M Yaldiz & P Zieme (eds), Turfan revisited: the first century of research into the arts and cultures of the Silk Road. Monographien zur indischen Archäologie, Kunst und Philologie, vol. 17, Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin, Germany, pp. 169-175.

From Turfan to Dunhuang: Manichaean cosmogony in Chinese texts. / Lieu, Samuel N. C.
Turfan revisited: the first century of research into the arts and cultures of the Silk Road. ed. / Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst; Simone-Christiane Raschmann; Jens Wilkens; Marianne Yaldiz; Peter Zieme. Berlin, Germany: Dietrich Reimer Verlag, 2004. p. 169-175 (Monographien zur indischen Archäologie, Kunst und Philologie; Vol. 17).

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Lieu SNC. From Turfan to Dunhuang: Manichaean cosmogony in Chinese texts. In Durkin-Meisterernst D, Raschmann SC, Wilkens J, Yaldiz M, Zieme P, editors, Turfan revisited: the first century of research into the arts and cultures of the Silk Road. Berlin, Germany: Dietrich Reimer Verlag. 2004. p. 169-175. (Monographien zur indischen Archäologie, Kunst und Philologie).

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