Six Divisions of Khotan (empty City Chronicles)
by Qiu Huadong
About This Novel
Khotan, located in the Hotan region of Xinjiang, is famous for its rich jade production. Hotan jade is still synonymous with beautiful jade, and "Kungang" in "Jade comes out of Kungang" refers to the ancient country of Khotan. In addition to its beautiful jade, Khotan is also a Buddhist center and an important silk town in the Western Regions. During the Tang Dynasty, Khotan had many contacts with the Central Plains and was one of the four towns in Anxi during the Tang Dynasty. "Six Parts of Khotan" includes six parts: "Coins: Han Dynasty Coins", "Sculptures: The Smile of the Buddha's Head", "Documents: A Sogdian Document", "Paintings: Flowered Horses in Khotan", "Slips and Slips: Slips Falling in the Quicksand", and "Jade: The Moonlight of Yotkan". Coins, sculptures, documents, paintings, slips and jade, these physical evidences that have been silent for thousands of years are revealed for the first time, recreating the civilized scenery of Khotan, the ancient city in the Western Regions. A copper coin witnessed the young Sogdian merchants willing to sacrifice themselves to save the caravan, and witnessed the royal monks self-immolating to pray for rain. A Buddha head wakes up from the quicksand, recalling the figures of Zhu Shixing, Faxian, Xuanzang and other eminent monks seeking Dharma in Khotan, until the kingdom fell. A Sogdian document reveals the blood and tears of Sogdian merchants during the war: Luoyang was burned, trade routes were cut off, and life and death were uncertain. A piebald horse shuttles between rock paintings and thousand-year scrolls. From the time of Zhang Qian to the court of the Northern Song Dynasty, it became an immortal elf in the works of Yuchi Yiseng and Li Gonglin. Four slips "resurrected" late at night, whispering in the museum display cabinet, tell the story of land sales, bizarre abductions, and juvenile pawning for thousands of years. A piece of Hetian jade mysteriously multiplied and decreased in the hands of modern scholars under the Yueguang Ancient Ruins, creating a magical passage connecting modern people with ancient Khotan.
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