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SUMMARY:Mythical and Historical Discrepancies: Chinese Princess Wencheng a
 nd the Princess of Jincheng as Presented in Old and Classical Tibetan and 
 Chinese Sources
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DESCRIPTION:Guest lecture by Emanuela Garatti (Paris)\n\nThe lecture is av
 ailable live at Zoom. Please pre-register here until 20 April 2021\, 12 pm
 .\n\nIn Tibetan classical sources\, the two Chinese princesses arrived in 
 Tibet during the 7th and the 8th centuries are consistently presented as h
 aving played critical roles in introducing and promoting Buddhism in Tibet
 . These sources\, dating as early as the 11th and the 12th centuries\, pro
 vide an image of two the princesses as active patrons of Buddhism and thus
  perpetuate an image of two women incarnating the role of legitimisers of 
 Buddhism’s presence in Tibet up to the present. Nevertheless\, old Tibet
 an sources\, in particular Dunhuang Tibetan documents and Chinese sources\
 , official histories as well as other official texts\, never mention the p
 roclivity of Princess Wencheng and Princess of Jincheng towards Buddhism n
 or detail any specific religious activities of the two princesses. This pr
 esentation surveys references to the two princesses in early Tibetan and C
 hinese sources in order to go beyond this fundamental discrepancy between 
 ancient and classical sources and to understand the continuities and diver
 gences lying behind these texts. The goal of this presentation is also to 
 provide the evolution of the image of Princess Wencheng and Princess of Ji
 ncheng in Tibetan and Chinese historiography.\n\nEmanuela Garatti is resea
 rcher at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes\, Centre de recherche sur le
 s civilisations de l'Asie orientale.
LOCATION:Online Event
URL:https://buddhistroad.ceres.rub.de/en/events/mythical-and-historical-di
 screpancies/
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