Preface by Lang Ying Preface by Mark Bender Translator』S Foreword Profile of the Author Introduction Chapter One The Historical and Cultural Context of the Epic of Gesar Ⅰ.NatureWorship Ⅱ.Bon Culture Ⅲ.Buddhist Culture Chapter Two The Morphology ofTibetan Culture Ⅰ.The Origin of Tibetan Culture Ⅱ Chinese Culture andTibetan Culture Ⅲ.The Influence of Oriental and Occidental Cultures Chapter Three A Gallery ofthe Tibetan Spirit Ⅰ.The Echoes ofHistory Ⅱ.An Unlettered Monument Ⅲ.A Record ofEthnic Memo ChapterFour TotemisminAncientTibet Ⅰ.The Worship ofMountain Gods Ⅱ. TheWorship ofWarGods Ⅲ.Totemism Chapter Five The Cultural Matrix of Tibet Ⅰ.The Concept ofSouls Being Eternal Ⅱ.The Concept ofSoul Ejection Ⅲ.Emanation andthe Soul Chapter Six Dreams，Divination，and Magic in the Epic of Gesar Ⅰ.Dreams Ⅱ.Divination Ⅲ.Magic Chapter Seven Society and Utopia in Early Tibet Ⅰ.The Pursuit ofTruth.Virtue and Beauty Ⅱ.Awareness of Individual Values and Self：Amrnlation Ⅲ.Kingdom of Ling：The Tibetan Conception of Utopia ChapterEight TribesinTibetanSociety Ⅰ.The Structure ofaTribal Society Ⅱ.Tribal Federations and Battles Ⅲ.Tribal Society andTribal Identity Chapter Nine Conflicts Between Buddhism and Bi；n in the Spread ofGesar Ⅰ.The Culture Clash Between Buddhism and B6n Ⅱ.Consequences ofConflicts Ⅲ.The Impact of the Religious Conflicts on the Epic of Gesar Chapter Ten Narrative Structure in the Epic ofGesar Ⅰ.The Structure ofEpics Ⅱ.Character.Oriented Mode of Narration Ⅲ.Episodic Structure Ⅳ.Modes ofTransition Between Episodes Chapter Eleven A Repository for the Art of Language Ⅰ.ASimplicityRichinWisdom Ⅱ.An Excellent Combination of Richness and Accuracy Ⅲ.Brilliant Images and Appropriate Metaphors
Ⅳ.Poetry Within Poetry：The Ingenious Use of Proverbs Ⅴ.The Individual Language ofthe Characters Chapter Twelve Artistic Imagery in the Epic of Gesar Ⅰ.Gesar Ⅱ.Rongtsa Tragen：The Doyen ofStewards Ⅲ.SengchamDrukmo Chapter Thirteen Gesar：God of the Tibetan People Ⅰ.Ethnic Gods Ⅱ.A God Forged by Tibetan Culture Ⅲ.Carrying the Hope ofan Ethnic GrouD Chapter F。nrteen The Bards of the People：The StorytelIers of Gesar Ⅰ.Distribution and Types ofBards Ⅱ.TheMystery ofMemory Ⅲ.The Concept ofSouls andAnistic Creation Ⅳ.Yhe Significance of Identifying the Types of Bards and Storytelling Chapter Fifteen Textual Studies of the Epic of Gesar Ⅰ.The Earliest Records：Gesar,Whose Ethnicity was Ummown Ⅱ.A Mortal Transmuted into a God：The Inc啪ation of Avalokitesvara Ⅲ.Mnarch。fthe Kingd。m。fLing：The Appearance of Gesar Ling Ⅳ.The Patron Buddha of Buddhism：A Transfomled Gesar Ⅴ.Gesar in the Eyes ofModem Tibetan Scholars Chapter Sixteen Textual Studies on the Name「Gesar」 Ⅰ.The Meaning ofthe Name「Gesar」 Ⅱ.The Prototype ofGesar in Tibetan Literary History Chapter Seventeen The Evolution and Transmission of the Epic of Gesar Ⅰ The Transmission ofthe Epic Gesar Ⅱ. TheVicissitudes ofGesar』S Evolution Ⅲ TheAcademic Study ofthe Epic Gesar Ⅳ.ThePublication ofthe印ic ofGesar Bibliography Index Afterword Afterword Series Acknowledgements
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