Saving History from Performing Tricks: a Study of the History of Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism in the Court of the Yuan Dynasty
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The rise of Mongolia in the early 13th century and its conquest and rule over vast areas of Eurasia not only changed the world, but also caused the Mongolian nation to break away from their original shamanic beliefs and convert to Tibetan Buddhism. However, for a long time, the details of the spread of Tibetan Buddhism inside and outside the Yuan Dynasty court have been little known. Due to various historical reasons, traditional Han scholars lacked a basic understanding of Tibetan Esotericism, and at the same time they were keen to eroticize it. They even believed in unofficial histories and portrayed Tibetan Esotericism in official history as a "witchcraft" and "ghost religion" similar to Fangzhongshu. This tendency to seriously shamanize and eroticize Tibetan Buddhism and even the entire Tibetan society has continued to the present day and has even affected the Western world. This book makes use of a large number of Chinese-translated Tibetan esoteric documents discovered in recent years, and conducts textual research and in-depth research on them with corresponding Tibetan, Tangut, Uighur and other ethnic language documents. It attempts to understand Tibetan Buddhist terms such as "Yanjuerfa" in their original language, history, culture and religious context, restore the true appearance of the Tibetan esoteric rituals passed down by the Yuan Dynasty court, and finally reveal the truth about the history of the spread of Tibetan Buddhism in Yuan Dynasty China.
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