扎巴恩西相关的历史疑点探析

Some historical issues related to Drapa Ngonshecan

扎巴恩西是藏传佛教后弘期著名的伏藏大师。文章利用历史学、考古学和文献学等研究方法,对扎巴恩西的生辰、氏族、亲叔享顿曲巴尔,以及他与藏医典籍《四部医典》的关系等历史问题进行了探讨。同时,与《藏堆医学集要》《比基金函》等早期藏医典籍中记载的信息作比较分析,认为扎巴恩西与《四部医典》《甘露精汇》之间存在着历史关联。

Drapa Ngonshecan(gra pa mngon shes can in Tibetan)was one of the famous terma finders in the later spread of the Tibetan Buddhism.The issues such as his birth dates,recognition of his maternal uncle Shangton Choipar(zhang ston chos vbar in Tibetan),and reliability of his finding of Four Medical Tantras(rgyud bzhi in Tibetan)as terma have been discussed.This article,based on the general documents in history and the medical documents,discusses the historical issues related with Drapa Ngonshecan.Your author finds that Drapa Ngonshecan was born in the Chimshang(mchims zhang in Tibetan)Family,while there are two perspectives concerning the dates of Drapa Ngonshecan,there two persons who share the same name Shangton Choipar-uncle of Drapa Ngonshecan and the disciple of Lama Seton Kunrik(se ston kun rig in Tibetan),while the reliability of his finding of Four Medical Tantras(rgyud bzhi in Tibetan)as terma have been discussed.