bKa´brgyud History and Xylography in South-Western Tibet: The Legacy of Yang dgon pa rGyal mtshan dpal bzang po (1213-1258)

本项目旨在对13世纪至16世纪西藏西南部的地方性嘉布居历史进行评估，在以前未研究或鲜为人知的来源的帮助下。本案例研究将重点关注被忽视的人物Yang dgon pa rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po（1213- 58），他是所谓的斯托德“Brug bKa "brgyud（西方或上”Brug pa，以将他们与“Brug pa bKa”brgyud pas的其他主要后代区分开来）的一位有影响力的bKa'brgyud大师。调查的主要来源将是历史，生活故事，收集的歌曲，谚语和大师的教导，由后来在La斯托德lHo和Mang yul Gung thang地区的传承人汇编，并在16世纪在这些地区印刷的大部分，采用新引进的木刻技术。文本研究和档案研究将与该地区的实地考察相结合。这项研究将探讨当代藏学研究的核心问题：地方世系的历史，早期大师的生活故事和具体教义的揭示，以及他们对关键教义的不同早期表述。此外，他们的文集的编纂过程，文本的生产和流通，以及经文遗产的作用，传记和历史写作在构建宗族自我代表，也将被调查。

The present project aims at contributing to the assessment of the local bKa' brgyud history in South- Western Tibet from the 13th to 16th cent., with the aid of previously unstudied or little-known sources. This case study will focus on the neglected figure of Yang dgon pa rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po (1213- 58), an influential bKa' brgyud master of the so-called Stod 'Brug bKa' brgyud (Western, or Upper 'Brug pa, to distinguish them from other main offsprings of the 'Brug pa bKa' brgyud pas). The main sources of inquiry will be histories, life stories, collected songs, sayings and teachings of the master, compiled by later holders of the lineage in the regions of La stod lHo and Mang yul Gung thang, and for the most part printed in the 16th cent. in these regions, employing the newly introduced technology of xylography. Textual studies and archive research will be combined with fieldwork in the region. This study will address topics which are at the core of contemporary Tibetological research on the bKa' brgyud pas: the history of local lineages, the uncovering of life-stories and specific teachings of early masters, and their different early formulations of key-teachings. Moreover, the compilation processes of their Collected Works, the production and circulation of texts, and the role of scriptural legacy, and of biographical and historical writing in the construction of lineage self-representation, will also be investigated.