Buddhist and Christian Relay Posts on the Silk Road (9th

Buddhist and Christian Relay Posts on the Silk Road (9th–12th cc.)Central Asiatic JournalSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/IWZYYYL9/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.MaFuBuddhist and Christian Relay Posts on the Silk Road (9th–12th cc.)http://syriaca.org/cbss/IWZYYYL9https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/IWZYYYL9https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/IWZYYYL9Central Asiatic Journal632020239-256The article poses the arresting question of “Why was the Taoist Master Qiu Chuji received by a Christian priest on his journey in Central Asia?” and utilises the genre of a detective story to cast fascinating new light on the communication networks along the eastern Silk Road following the weakening of the Tang, Arab, Tibetan and Uyghur empires in the eighth through twelfth centuries. Fu argues that Nestorians were responsible for maintaining an organised system of postal relays and that their priests served as envoys and officials for various states and tribes. The history of Nestorianism (Syriac Christianity or the Church of the East, a.k.a. the Teaching of Resplendent Light, Jingjiao 景教) is notoriously difficult to trace; it held minority status in the Sinosphere and was proscribed along with other foreign religions in China in 845–846. Fu provides meticulous, close readings of valuable material in Uyghur and Chinese among the Dunhuang and Turfan manuscripts, together with Chinese historical sources and accounts in other languages. He also considers the prehistory of the Nestorian network, suggesting that it superseded an earlier network connecting Buddhist monasteries on the eastern Silk Road. Fu, Ma. “Buddhist and Christian Relay Posts on the Silk Road (9th–12th Cc.).” Central Asiatic Journal 63 (2020): 239–56. Ma Fu, Buddhist and Christian Relay Posts on the Silk Road (9th–12th Cc.), Central Asiatic Journal 63 (2020): 239–56.DunhuangIX CENestoriansSyriac influence [Central Asia]Syriac influence [China]TurfanUighursVII-XVIII CEX CEXI CEXII CEtravel