回鹘文《金光明经》的新发现

New Traces of The Altun Yaruk Sudur in Uighur

大英博物馆斯坦因收集品新检出的回鹘文《金光明经》残片,囊括几乎整部经文的每一卷的片段,绝大多数残片可能来自于同一写本。借助这些该残片,可以对回鹘文《金光明经》复原部分缺失文本,或对文本验证,或进行微小的修正。根据柏林收藏品的各卷分布数量,《金光明经》的一些特殊的章节可能比其他部分更为经常地选出抄写,甚至有单个品独立成章。通过抄写该经,在文中加入忏悔人的名字,这一特点反应了忏悔罪行可能是回鹘人主要的佛教活动。

The newly detected small fragments of the AYS in the British Library Stein collection cover paragraphs from almost every book of the AYS and Most of the fragments may belong to one and the same manuscript of the AYS.With the help of these fragments,the missing text of AYS can be partly restored,and the text can be checked or slight⁃ly corrected.According to the numbers of different books in Berlin collection,some special chapters of the AYS were probably chosen more often for copying than others,and some single chapters even became independent.The feature of adding the names of those who intend to confess their sins into the scriptures by copying them reveals that the con⁃fession of sins probably was an essential part of Buddhist practice among the Uighurs.