Studies in Chinese manuscripts – A new book

My new edited volume came out recently with the title Studies in Chinese Manuscripts: From the Warring States Period to the 20th Century (Budapest: Institute of East Asian Studies, ELTE). It has twelve studies all related to Chinese manuscripts. The bulk of the material is related to the medieval period, although there is also one paper on early China and another one on the 20th century. Here is the Table of Contents:

Preface ………………………………………………………………………………………………. vii
William G. Boltz: Why So Many Laozi-s? ……………………………………………… 1
Françoise Bottéro: The Qièyùn Manuscripts from Dūnhuáng ……………………. 33
Takata Tokio: On the Emendation of the Datang Xiyuji during Gaozong’s
Reign: An Examination Based on Ancient Japanese Manuscripts ………. 49
Irina Popova: Tang Political Treatise from Dunhuang: “Heavenly
Instructions” (Tian xun) ………………………………………………………………… 59
Imre Hamar: Huayan Texts in Dunhuang ……………………………………………….. 81
Gábor Kósa: A Correction to the Chinese Manichaean Traité …………………… 103
Christoph Anderl: Was the Platform Sūtra Always a Sūtra? – Studies in the
Textual Features of the Platform Scripture Manuscripts from Dūnhuáng 121
Costantino Moretti: Visible and Invisible Codicological Elements in
Manuscript Copies of Commentaries on the Yogacārabhūmi-śāstra
from Dunhuang ……………………………………………………………………………. 177
Imre Galambos: Correction Marks in the Dunhuang Manuscripts ……………… 191
Sam van Schaik: Ruler of the East, or Eastern Capital: What Lies behind
the Name Tong Kun? ……………………………………………………………………. 211
Kōichi Kitsudō: Liao Influence on Uigur Buddhism ……………………………….. 225
Raoul David Findeisen: Towards a Critical Edition of Feng Zhi’s Last Poem:
Considerations Drawn from Three Draft Manuscripts ………………………. 249
Index …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 273

You can purchase the book here. The page is unfortunately in Hungarian but they may put up an English version sometime soon. The price is marked as EUR 40 + shipping.

Galambos, Studies in Chinese Manuscripts

Imre Galambos, ed., Studies in Chinese Manuscripts.

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