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The Jewel Translucent Sūtra
Altan Khan and the Mongols in the Sixteenth Century
Series: - Brill's Inner Asian Library, Volume: 8
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The first full-fledged critical edition and historical study of the
Erdeni Tunumal Sudur, the Mongolian history of Altan Khan and his descendants, offering a full-range English-written historical and literary evaluation of this unique and fairly reliable, but long neglected discovery in Mongolian studies.
With transcription, word index and English translation, as well as extensive commentary on the historical events of Altan Khan’s reign, especially the 1550 attack on Beijing, the 1571 peace accord with the Ming, and the 1578 meeting with the Dalai Lama and the subsequent Buddhist conversion. In particular, the author shows how Altan Khan’s reformulation of the boundaries of Dayan Khan’s Mongol nation and state catalyzed the political fragmentation of the Mongols with dire consequences in relation to the rising Manchu state.
Vital for a better understanding of Mongol history during the late Ming.
With transcription, word index and English translation, as well as extensive commentary on the historical events of Altan Khan’s reign, especially the 1550 attack on Beijing, the 1571 peace accord with the Ming, and the 1578 meeting with the Dalai Lama and the subsequent Buddhist conversion. In particular, the author shows how Altan Khan’s reformulation of the boundaries of Dayan Khan’s Mongol nation and state catalyzed the political fragmentation of the Mongols with dire consequences in relation to the rising Manchu state.
Vital for a better understanding of Mongol history during the late Ming.
Johan Elverskog, Ph.D. (2000), Indiana University, is Assistant Professor of Asian Religions at Southern Methodist University. He has published several works on the history of Buddhism in Inner Asia including
Uygur Buddhist Literature.
"...Elverskog’s critical edition provides much useful material and analysis and is a major contribution to Mongolian studies and East Asian sixteenth-century history." – Isabelle Charleux, in:
Journal of Asian Studies, 2004
Those interested in early modern Inner Asian political and cultural history, Mongolian and Tibetan Buddhism, and the role of religion in statehood and legitimation, as well as Mongolian philology.