°üÓÊ A study of the tibetan epic gesar

Preface by Lang Ying
Preface by Mark Bender
Translator¡¯S Foreword
Profile of the Author
Introduction

Chapter One The Historical and Cultural Context of the Epic of Gesar
¢ñ£®NatureWorship
¢ò£®Bon Culture
¢ó£®Buddhist Culture

Chapter Two The Morphology ofTibetan Culture
¢ñ£®The Origin of Tibetan Culture
¢ò Chinese Culture andTibetan Culture
¢ó£®The Influence of Oriental and Occidental Cultures

Chapter Three A Gallery ofthe Tibetan Spirit
¢ñ£®The Echoes ofHistory
¢ò£®An Unlettered Monument
¢ó£®A Record ofEthnic Memo

ChapterFour TotemisminAncientTibet
¢ñ£®The Worship ofMountain Gods
¢ò£® TheWorship ofWarGods
¢ó£®Totemism

Chapter Five The Cultural Matrix of Tibet
¢ñ£®The Concept ofSouls Being Eternal
¢ò£®The Concept ofSoul Ejection
¢ó£®Emanation andthe Soul

Chapter Six Dreams£¬Divination£¬and Magic in the Epic of Gesar
¢ñ£®Dreams
¢ò£®Divination
¢ó£®Magic

Chapter Seven Society and Utopia in Early Tibet
¢ñ£®The Pursuit ofTruth£®Virtue and Beauty
¢ò£®Awareness of Individual Values and Self£ºAmrnlation
¢ó£®Kingdom of Ling£ºThe Tibetan Conception of Utopia

ChapterEight TribesinTibetanSociety
¢ñ£®The Structure ofaTribal Society
¢ò£®Tribal Federations and Battles
¢ó£®Tribal Society andTribal Identity

Chapter Nine Conflicts Between Buddhism and Bi£»n in the Spread ofGesar
¢ñ£®The Culture Clash Between Buddhism and B6n
¢ò£®Consequences ofConflicts
¢ó£®The Impact of the Religious Conflicts on the Epic of Gesar

Chapter Ten Narrative Structure in the Epic ofGesar
¢ñ£®The Structure ofEpics
¢ò£®Character£®Oriented Mode of Narration
¢ó£®Episodic Structure
¢ô£®Modes ofTransition Between Episodes

Chapter Eleven A Repository for the Art of Language
¢ñ£®ASimplicityRichinWisdom
¢ò£®An Excellent Combination of Richness and Accuracy
¢ó£®Brilliant Images and Appropriate Metaphors
¢ô£®Poetry Within Poetry£ºThe Ingenious Use of Proverbs
¢õ£®The Individual Language ofthe Characters

Chapter Twelve Artistic Imagery in the Epic of Gesar
¢ñ£®Gesar
¢ò£®Rongtsa Tragen£ºThe Doyen ofStewards
¢ó£®SengchamDrukmo

Chapter Thirteen Gesar£ºGod of the Tibetan People
¢ñ£®Ethnic Gods
¢ò£®A God Forged by Tibetan Culture
¢ó£®Carrying the Hope ofan Ethnic GrouD

Chapter F¡£nrteen The Bards of the People£ºThe StorytelIers of Gesar
¢ñ£®Distribution and Types ofBards
¢ò£®TheMystery ofMemory
¢ó£®The Concept ofSouls andAnistic Creation
¢ô£®Yhe Significance of Identifying the Types of Bards and Storytelling

Chapter Fifteen Textual Studies of the Epic of Gesar
¢ñ£®The Earliest Records£ºGesar£¬Whose Ethnicity was Ummown
¢ò£®A Mortal Transmuted into a God£ºThe Incžation of Avalokitesvara
¢ó£®Mnarch¡£fthe Kingd¡£m¡£fLing£ºThe Appearance of Gesar Ling
¢ô£®The Patron Buddha of Buddhism£ºA Transfomled Gesar
¢õ£®Gesar in the Eyes ofModem Tibetan Scholars

Chapter Sixteen Textual Studies on the Name¡°Gesar¡±
¢ñ£®The Meaning ofthe Name¡°Gesar¡±
¢ò£®The Prototype ofGesar in Tibetan Literary History
Chapter Seventeen The Evolution and Transmission of the Epic of Gesar
¢ñ The Transmission ofthe Epic Gesar
¢ò£® TheVicissitudes ofGesar¡¯S Evolution
¢ó TheAcademic Study ofthe Epic Gesar
¢ô£®ThePublication oftheÓ¡ic ofGesar

Bibliography
Index
Afterword
Afterword
Series Acknowledgements