西藏佛教密宗艺术

出版时间：1999-01  出版社：外文出版社  作者：李冀诚  
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内容概要

The Realm of Tibetan Buddhism
Esoteric Buddhism, which originated in ancient
India, was introduced into Tibet in the seventh cen-
tury. Since then, it has evolved in a different social
and historical environment into.a unique sect known
as Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism. Regarded by the Ti-
betan Buddhists as "the essence of the sacred reli-
gion", it has a long tradition in Tibet and its influence
on the culture, history and the life of the Tibetan
people has been very strong. To gain a true under-
standing of Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism, one has to
study not only its canonical texts, but its works of art
related to the religious beliefs. These works, in the
various forms and expressions, will bring one into
visual contact with the religious order.
The Realm of Tlbetan Buddhlsm outlines the
origin, development, canonical texts, meditative
practices and, in particular, the works of art related
to Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism. These works of art are
divided into eight categories: bronzes, cloth painting,
frescoes, clay moulding, wood carving. wood tablet
painting, stone carving and ritual objects. The 159
pictures contained in this book which amply show the
works of art in their traditional style, are taken
directly from various sites in Tibet during a period of
five years. Many of the objccts shown in the pictures
are valuable cultural relics and arc rare items of art
in Tibet. The Realm of Tibetan Buddhism, with its
scholarly introduction and precious pictures, will be
of enormous value to artists, students and scholars
of Buddhism in general and of Tibetan Buddhism in
particular.

作者简介

About the Authors
Li Jicheng, bom 1934, is one of thc top experts on thc
study of Tibetan Buddhism in China. He was a student of
Tibetan history and culture at the Central Nationalities
Institute in Beijing in the fifties. In 1965. he joined the
Institute of World Religions under the Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences and dedicated most of his time to the
research work on Tibetan Buddhism. Because of his know-
ledge of the region and the Tibetan language, he was sent
to northem Tibet in 1974 to help to set up a secondary
school. During his two years stay there, he visited a large
number of lamaseries, discussed extensively with the lamas
and deepened enormously his understanding of the Esoteric
Sect. In 1978, he made another research trip to Tibet and
studied profoundly the canons and art of the religion. It
was during this visit that he encountered the co-author and
chief photographer of this book, Mr. Ku Shoukang and
concluded a collaboration on the prcsent work.
Li Jicheng is now an associated research fellow at the
Institute of World Religions and deputy secretary-general
of the Tibetan Buddhism Research Society of Beijing. He
is co-editor of a book entitled A Concise History of Tibet
and author of many books and articles, including "The
Invasion of Tibet by Tsarist Russia", "A Survey of the
Research Work on Tibetan Buddhism in Forcign Coun-
tries", "A Survey of the Research Work on Bon-po in
Foreign Countries", "The Spread of the Rnying-ma-pa Sect
of Tibetan Buddhism in Europe" and The Archltecture of
the Tibetan Lamaseries and Buddhist Art. He also trans-
lated a number of related articles by Western authorities
and is at present writirig a book entitled Tibetan Buddh-
ism.
Ku Shoukang is a well-known journalist and photogra-
pher who won many national awards for his outstanding
photos. His reports and photos have been carried by many
newspapers and magazines inside and outside China. Since
1956, he had been working as art editor and then photo
editor at the photographic department of the New China
News Agency in Beijmg, until he was transferred to Tibet
in 1977 as a resident correspondent of the Agency. It was
during the following five years that he, together with a
Tibetan photographer, Mr. Kang Song, travelled around
Tibet, visited the major lamaseries and took a great num-
ber of pictures of the religious buildings, the objects of art
they treasured, the lamas, the people and the religious
activities.
Ku is now living in Beijing and working as art editor of
the magazine Photographfc World.

书籍目录

CONTENTS
Publisher's Note
A Brief History of
Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism
Origin and Development
The Canonical Texts and Doctrines of
Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism
The Organisation, System and Gradation
of the Monastic Study of Tibetan Esoteric
Buddhism
The Art of Tibetan Buddhism
lllustration
Buddhist Bronzes
Thang-Ka
Frescoes
Clay Molding
Wood Carving and Wooden Tablet
Painting
Stone Carving
Ritual Objects
Appendices
1. Thang-Ka Paintings
2. Principal Terms in English
and Chinese
3. Principal Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries
and Temples