The Concept of Mountains and Rivers as Souls in "gesar" and the Ancient Tibetan View of Nature
by Danqu
About This Novel
This book takes the inner connection between the "soul storage concept" reflected in the epic "Gesar" and the "holy mountain and holy lake" as the research object. It integrates text analysis, theoretical thinking and cultural interpretation into the study of cultural ecology of "man and nature", expanding and deepening the research on the epic "Gesar". This book mainly involves two working languages and a large number of first-hand Tibetan documents and field materials. It provides Latin transliteration and annotation of numerous Tibetan terms and special vocabulary in the epic writing. It practices a work method worth advocating in the study of Tibetan epics, showing that the author has a profound foundation in Tibetan language and a prudent scholarly attitude. This book has a reasonable topic selection, a novel perspective, a clear problem awareness and a broad academic vision. It reflects the academic consciousness that contemporary ethnic scholars should have, and has a considerable role in promoting the study of the "Gesar" epic.
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