The Tangut collection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies preserves two Tangut manuscripts with practically the same title — Notes on the Basic Intentions of the Masters of the Hongzhou Lineage. One of the manuscripts, call number Tang 112, No. 2540, is somewhat more extensive than the other and bears a broader title — Notes on the Basic Intentions of the Masters of the Hongzhou Lineage with Explanation and Commentary. It presents in effect an expanded version of Tang 111, No. 2529. As my earlier research has demonstrated, both of the texts are in fact identical. The present paper will focus on the more detailed text, which comprises a rather extensive commentary, i.e. Tang 112, No. 2540…
On October 2, 2023, the Department of Far Eastern Studies, IOM RAS, will hold the “Ideology of Traditional China” Conference dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the outstanding Russian Sinologist Alexander S. Martynov (1933–2013).
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