简介:ChinahastenYaoautonomouscountiesandfourautonomouscountiesofYaoandotherethnicgroups.YaopeoplearefoundmostlyinChina'ssouthernprovincesofHunan,Yunnan,Guangdong,GuizhouandJiangxiandinGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion.LivinginsmallcommunitiesinmanyareasconstitutestheuniquenessofYaopeople:youcannotfindamountaininsouthernChinawithoutYaopeople.
简介:<正>Abhayakaragupta(ca.11-12thcentury)wasanoutstandingIndianpanditawhosethoughtstronglyimpactedTibetanBuddhism.Heiswidelyknownfromanumberofhiscompositions.Amongthetwenty-oneworksattributedtohimbytheDergeTanjur,nineteenareallocatedtotheTantrasection,onetothePrajfiaparamitasection,andtwototheMadhyamakasection.Ofthese,theMunimatalarfikara,intheMadhyamakasection,isoneofhismostimportant.TheMunimatalarfikaraissometimesregardedbyTibetanBuddhists,e.g.,Tsong
简介:FollowingtherecentpublicationandcriticaldiscussionofseveraltreatiesoftheOldBabylonianperiod,theattentionofOldBabylonianstudieshasbeendrawntotreatytexts.TheearliestpublishedtreatydocumentfromMesopotamia,tomyknowledge,isatreatybetweenthecityofShadlashandthecityofNeribtum,datedtothebeginningoftheOldBabyloniandynasty,publishedandtranslatedbyS.GreengusinOldBabylonianTabletsfromIschchaliandVicinity,1979(hereafter,Greengus).InwhatfollowsIpresentafurtherreadingofthetabletwithcriticalnotesandadetaileddiscussionofitscontents,inordertoattractmoreattentiontothislaconic,difficult(becauseofitsincompletecontext),andinterestingtext.Unlikelatertreatiesbetweentwokings,thistreatywasmadebetweentwocities,althoughtherulersofthecitiesarealsomentionedinthetreaty.