《往五天竺国传》记载的西域史料研究

The Study of the Huichao's "Record of Travels in Five Indic Regions"

敦煌藏经洞发现的新罗僧人慧超《往五天竺国传》(P.3532)是研究8世纪前半叶印度、中亚和中印关系史的重要资料,《慧超〈往五天竺国传〉研究》是以桑山正进为主持者的研究班讲解该写本的研究成果,它由日本各方面的专家参加执笔,于1992年京都大学人文科学研究所出版,目前仍然是最可靠的成果。这里翻译的是以注释方式对写本最后部分史料的研究内容,多由森安孝夫执笔,内容涉及安西四镇、西域汉寺、龟兹佛教等研究唐代西域宗教、历史、地理等的重要问题。

＂Record of Travels in Five Indic Regions＂, found in the holes of lections in Dunhuang written by Hui chao, is the very important material for the study of the relationship of Indian between central Asia and China. ＂The Study of ＂Record of Travels in Five Indic Regions＇＂ by Huichao is the collected achievement by experts from all over Japan, and is now still considered as the most reliable one. The present translation is chiefly concerned with the four counties of Anxi, the Chinese temples in the western region, Qiuci Buddhism, which are closely connected to the study of the religions, history and geography of the western region.