CHAPTER 4. A History of the Dayun (Huguo) Temple at Liangzhou

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Conventions xiii
5. Xia Rulers and Reign Era Titles xvii
6. Genealogy of Eleventh-Century Xia Dynastic Alliances xx
7. Brief Chronology of the Main Events in Xia History xxi
8. Part 1. Buddhism in Eleventh-Century Xia
9. CHAPTER 1. Introduction 3
10. CHAPTER 2. Buddhism and Monarchy in the Early Tangut State 27
11. CHAPTER 3. Buddhism under the Regencies (1049–1099) 50
12. PART 2. The 1094 Stele Inscriptions from Liangzhou
13. CHAPTER 4. A History of the Dayun (Huguo) Temple at Liangzhou 87
14. CHAPTER 5. Annotated Translation of the 1094 Stele Inscriptions 118
15. CHAPTER 6 .Reading between the Lines: A Comparison and Analysis of the Tangut and Han Texts 133
16. CHAPTER 7. Conclusion 157
17. Appendices A. Photoreproductions of Rubbings of the 1094 Gantong Stûpa Stele Inscriptions 163
18. APPENDIX B. Chronology of Sources Recording or Discussing the Inscriptions on the Gantong Stûpa Stele 173
19. Abbreviations 179
20. Notes 181
21. A Select Glossary of Chinese Names and Terms 243
22. Bibliography 253
23. Index 271