新出版《松巴·益西班觉文集》评介（英文）

An Introduction to the New publication of Sum pa Ye shes dpal ’byor’s Collected Works

松巴·益西班觉是十八世纪安多地区出生的博学僧人。他学问广博,著述涉猎众多领域,引起了学界广泛关注。尽管他的个别著作和木刻版文集的影印版已经出版,但读者仍渴望有便于阅览的新排版文集的出版。最近青海共和县的藏语文工作委员会办公室通过四年的搜集和整理工作终于完成了《松巴·益西班觉文集》的排版和出版,满足了读者长期以来的愿望。本文首先简要介绍该新版文集整理出版的过程,然后从松巴·益西班觉本人的角度对新版文集之优缺点进行讨论。最后的附录提供了新版和木刻版文集之具体著作的位置对比表格,以便于读者阅览和利用新版本文集。

Sum pa Ye shes dpal’byor,the polymath monk scholar from eighteenth-century Amdo,has attracted considerable academic attention thanks to the wide range of his scholarly achievements well represented in his writings.Although some of publication of his individual works and a xylographic reproduction of their collection have appeared,the reader-friendly typeset version of his entire Collected Works has long been a desideratum.Recently the Office of Tibetan Language Working Committee of Gonghe County in Qinghai,China,has finally met that demand after four years’solid editorial and publishing efforts.This article offers a useful introduction to this new publication of Sum pa Ye shes dpal’byor’s Collected Works.Following a brief overview of the publication project,the article deals with the pros and cons of the new publication,which is based on Sum pa Ye shes dpal’byor’s own intent and concept for his Collected Works.In the Appendix,this article also offers a comparative table on the locations of each work in both the new publication of the collection and the original xylographic Collected Works to facilitate all readers’use and enjoyment of this new publication.