Manichaeism in Central Asia and ChinaThe discovery of genuine Manichaean texts from sites like Turfan and Tun-huang since the beginning of the century has greatly increased our knowledge of the teaching of Manichaeism and of its amazing geographical spread in pre-Islamic times. This volume brings together the contributions by a leading authority on the subject including a long survey article on the history of the discovery of the texts from Central Asia as well as articles focusing on some of these texts and on the incredible history of adaptation and survival of the sect in China proper. The studies include many Chinese texts on Manichaeism made available for the first time in their original scripts and in translation. The volume also contains the first ever working catalogue of all Manichaean texts (in western as well as oriental languages) published up to 1997. |
Contents
Manichaean art and texts from the Silk Road | 1 |
Some observations on the Traktat Traité | 59 |
Precept and Practice in Manichaean Monasticism | 76 |
A Lapsed Manichaeans correspondence with a Confucian official 1264 | 98 |
Nestorians and Manichaeans on the South China Coast | 177 |
Working Catalogue of published Manichaean texts | 196 |
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