Solonin K. The Tang Heritage of Tangut Buddhism. Teachings Classification in the Tangut Text “The Mirror” // Manuscripta Orientalia. Vol. 6. No. 3. September 2000. P. 39—48.
The Tangut collection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the
Institute of Oriental Studies contains a number of texts
which can be regarded as important sources for the native
Tangut tradition of Chan Buddhism. Some of them have
been briefly examined elsewhere. Among these texts,
a compilation known only by its abridged title “The
Mirror” occupies a unique place, being the text which
introduced the Chan doctrine of the late Tang Huayan Heze
tradition to Tangut readers. This text has already been
preliminarily investigated and a draft translation of it was
provided by the present author. This paper is an attempt
at a more detailed analysis of the contents of “The Mirror”
to locate the text within the framework of the development
of Chinese Buddhism in Northern Asia before the Mongol
period. Another point is to locate the tradition represented
by “The Mirror” within the Tangut Buddhist context, and
to bring out its Chinese component in particular, as it is
known now...
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