Chinese Manichaean hymn scroll

The Chinese Manichaean hymn scroll is a scroll found by British Archaeologist Aurel Stein found in the Mogao Grottoes Tang Dynasty Grottoes of Dunhuang , as Manichaeism Dunhuang Chinese triple one, is the ancient Chinese Manichaean Hymns used by Christians in religious ceremonies. Now in the collection of the British Library , number S.2659。[1][2]

Chinese Manichaean hymn scroll
Materialpaper
WritingMiddle Chinese
CreatedTang Dynasty
Discovered1907 in Dunhuang Mogao Caves Buddhist scripture cave
Present locationLondonBritish Library
IdentificationS.2659
Scholars review the manuscripts of "Xiang Zhan" (left) and "Mani Light Buddhism Rules" in the British Library.

Introduction

The first volume of the manuscript is slightly incomplete, and the content is written in the form of poetry. Among them, there are 1254 sentences of seven-character poems, and a few four-character and five-character poems.[3] According to Lin Wushu's research, these hymns were translated from a certain Middle Iranian language, rather than original by the Manicheans.[1] Many of the contents are dedicated to the Jesus of Manichaeism-Yishu, and the hymn to the highest deity of Manichaeism.[4]

See also

References
  1. 林世田 (2011). "國家圖書館藏《摩尼敎經》的文獻價値" (PDF). nlc.cn (in Chinese). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  2. Sims-Williams, Ursula (2013-09-23). "Some Syriac Manichean Treasures in the British Library". blogs.bl.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  3. "唐寫本《摩尼敎經》" (PDF). nlc.cn (in Chinese). 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  4. 王媛媛 (2017-07-31). "唐代漢文摩尼敎資料所見之「法王」". nxkg.org.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
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