Kazushi Iwao
Ryukoku University, Literature, Faculty Member
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Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo, 2009.
Tokyo: The Toyo Bunko, 2012.
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Tibetan historical literature may be conveniently divided into two groups. The first group comprises the Tibetan historical texts recovered from the library cave at Dunhuang, dating from the Tibetan occupation of Dunhuang in the late... more
Tibetan historical literature may be conveniently divided into two groups. The first group comprises the Tibetan historical texts recovered from the library cave at Dunhuang, dating from the Tibetan occupation of Dunhuang in the late eighth century to the sealing of the cave in the early eleventh century.1 Foremost among this group are the royal records known as the Old Tibetan Annals and the Old Tibetan Chronicle. The second and much more sub stantial group comprises the histories preserved in Tibet in manuscripts and printed books, dating from the eleventh century through to the twentieth-century histories composed by Tibetan scholars still working in the traditional idiom.2 It so happens that there is almost no chronological overlap between these two groups. This must be understood in light of the period of disruption that ensued after the collapse of the Tibetan dynasty and the empire that it had ruled over in the mid-ninth century. During this "period of fragmentation"...
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The paper introduces twelve fragments of secular texts in Tibetan found in the main collection of Dunhuang manuscripts preserved in the IOM, RAS. In regard of each fragment a physical description, provisional notes on their contents,... more
The paper introduces twelve fragments of secular texts in Tibetan found in the main collection of Dunhuang manuscripts preserved in the IOM, RAS. In regard of each fragment a physical description, provisional notes on their contents, digital copy and transliteration are provided. Since all the fragments are very short our identifications of the texts are just tentative. One of them, Дх-7759, relates to the divination with dice. The others are fragments of letters, economic documents, etc.
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The history of the Old Tibetan empire is strongly related to its policies concerning non-Tibetan groups. Previous research has revealed that the empire introduced several units, such as khrom and khams, in order to rule the various... more
The history of the Old Tibetan empire is strongly related to its policies concerning non-Tibetan groups. Previous research has revealed that the empire introduced several units, such as khrom and khams, in order to rule the various ethnicities and the empire's vast new territories. In addition to these units, this paper aims to focus on a previously unnoticed term used for “ruling”: dbung (/dbus) mtha', “central area and peripheries” which is actually an administrative term relating to the empire's territory. This territorial distinction functioned not only as an administrative division but also as criteria for official ranks and commodity prices. The concept was most probably introduced when the empire acquired the vast Hexi region, following the An Lushan rebellion (755–763).
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Available Online http://hdl.handle.net/2433/235448 The gateway to the Tibetan plateau, the eastern Amdo area―more precisely, the northern and southern foothills of Laji Shan 拉脊山―was ruled by the Old Tibetan Empire until the middle of... more
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The gateway to the Tibetan plateau, the eastern Amdo area―more precisely, the northern and southern foothills of Laji Shan 拉脊山―was ruled by the Old Tibetan Empire until the middle of the ninth century. Chinese sources testify to the existence of various “Tibetan” groups, called Tufan 吐蕃 or Xifan 西蕃 , in the eastern Amdo area, which came together to form the Qingtang kingdom 青 唐 王 国 in the middle of the eleventh century. Although numerous studies on the Qing Tang kingdom have explored the eleventh-century history of this area, there are relatively few studies of the area during the tenth century; consequently, the full history of the eastern Amdo area remains to be elucidated. To fill this gap, this paper marshals new historical data on the area from the tenth century.
The main historical data of this paper is from Pelliot tibétain 1082, a Dunhuang Tibetan document, an official letter sent from the Uighur khagan in Ganzhou to the ruler of Guiyijun 帰 義 軍 regime in Dunhuang, in the first half of tenth century. The analysis of Pelliot tibétain 1082 leads to note being taken of the following three points:
(1) In the first part of the letter, Uighur khagan reports on the state of the local powers in the eastern Amdo area.
(2) The local powers that Uigur khagan mentions in the latter are relevant to the strategically important areas to the Old Tibetan Empire of the period, including the military government of Rma(Rma grom)and of Dbyar mo thang.
(3) These military governments also functioned as the military foundation of Blon khong bzher 論恐熱 and Zhang bibi 尚婢婢 , which had engaged in conflict with each other after the collapse of the Empire in the middle of the ninth century.
The gateway to the Tibetan plateau, the eastern Amdo area―more precisely, the northern and southern foothills of Laji Shan 拉脊山―was ruled by the Old Tibetan Empire until the middle of the ninth century. Chinese sources testify to the existence of various “Tibetan” groups, called Tufan 吐蕃 or Xifan 西蕃 , in the eastern Amdo area, which came together to form the Qingtang kingdom 青 唐 王 国 in the middle of the eleventh century. Although numerous studies on the Qing Tang kingdom have explored the eleventh-century history of this area, there are relatively few studies of the area during the tenth century; consequently, the full history of the eastern Amdo area remains to be elucidated. To fill this gap, this paper marshals new historical data on the area from the tenth century.
The main historical data of this paper is from Pelliot tibétain 1082, a Dunhuang Tibetan document, an official letter sent from the Uighur khagan in Ganzhou to the ruler of Guiyijun 帰 義 軍 regime in Dunhuang, in the first half of tenth century. The analysis of Pelliot tibétain 1082 leads to note being taken of the following three points:
(1) In the first part of the letter, Uighur khagan reports on the state of the local powers in the eastern Amdo area.
(2) The local powers that Uigur khagan mentions in the latter are relevant to the strategically important areas to the Old Tibetan Empire of the period, including the military government of Rma(Rma grom)and of Dbyar mo thang.
(3) These military governments also functioned as the military foundation of Blon khong bzher 論恐熱 and Zhang bibi 尚婢婢 , which had engaged in conflict with each other after the collapse of the Empire in the middle of the ninth century.
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Journal of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, 2016, pp. 65-76
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『敦煌写本研究年報』10, pp. 341-356.
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古チベット語史料は忘れ去られた古代チベットの情報の宝庫である。ヨーロッパで史料を探し、チベットでフィールドワークをすることで、ようやく全体像がつかめてきた。
探索中に出会った数々の喜びや苦労について紹介したい。
探索中に出会った数々の喜びや苦労について紹介したい。
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Since the 1940s, the military administration of the Old Tibetan Empire (c. 600-842) has been studied by scholars such as Giuseppe Tucci (1949) and Sato Hisashi (1958-59). These studies have clarified the basic structure of the military... more
Since the 1940s, the military administration of the Old Tibetan Empire (c. 600-842) has been studied by scholars such as Giuseppe Tucci (1949) and Sato Hisashi (1958-59). These studies have clarified the basic structure of the military system in Central Tibet, such as the ru and the thousand-district (stongsde). However,the subordinate units of the thousand-district are yet to be scrutinised. Takeuchi Tsuguhitoʼs pioneering work on the subunits of the thousand-district in the Tibet-ruled Dunhuang (Takeuchi 1994) revealed the basic function of the subunit tshan. However,there are several other subunits such as brgya-tshan, tshan, bcu-tshan and khram-tshan which are yet to be studied.
This paper re-examines the basic structure of the thousand-district during the Old Tibetan Empire. The author analyses several subunits of the thousand-district and their organisation by mainly drawing on Old Tibetan and Chinese texts from Dunhuang.
This paper re-examines the basic structure of the thousand-district during the Old Tibetan Empire. The author analyses several subunits of the thousand-district and their organisation by mainly drawing on Old Tibetan and Chinese texts from Dunhuang.