The 17th century was a time during which a numerous secret biographies occurred,and the writing of the elaborate secret biographies started.A Sealed Secret Biography of the 5th Dalai Lama(gsang mam rgy can ma in Tibet...The 17th century was a time during which a numerous secret biographies occurred,and the writing of the elaborate secret biographies started.A Sealed Secret Biography of the 5th Dalai Lama(gsang mam rgy can ma in Tibetan)was a well-known work in the time,yet to be popularized so far,and the academic research on the biography is not fruitful.This article,applying the method of academic research of Philology,discusses the writing style of the A Sealed Secret Biography of the 5th Dalai Lama in general.Specifically,it is found that the concerned biography is written in the writing style of prophesy,and the political history,social situation,the interrelationship among the important figures,and the solidarity of the territory were written in a metaphoric style.In terms of actual writing style,besides this biography was under the influence of A Sealed Secret Biography of Gongthang Lama Zhang(gong thang bla ma zhang gig sang mam bkav rgya ma in Tibetan)in the 12th century and A Secret Biography of Lhadrak Namkha Gyentsen(lho brag nam mkav rgyan mtshn gyi gsang bavi mam thar in Tibetan)in the 14th century,A Sealed Secret Biography of the 5th Dalai Lama displays its unique writing characteristics,which in turned started the secret biography writing of Nyingmapa scholars such as the works of Rikzin Gyurme Doije,the founding father of Mindroling.展开更多
文摘The 17th century was a time during which a numerous secret biographies occurred,and the writing of the elaborate secret biographies started.A Sealed Secret Biography of the 5th Dalai Lama(gsang mam rgy can ma in Tibetan)was a well-known work in the time,yet to be popularized so far,and the academic research on the biography is not fruitful.This article,applying the method of academic research of Philology,discusses the writing style of the A Sealed Secret Biography of the 5th Dalai Lama in general.Specifically,it is found that the concerned biography is written in the writing style of prophesy,and the political history,social situation,the interrelationship among the important figures,and the solidarity of the territory were written in a metaphoric style.In terms of actual writing style,besides this biography was under the influence of A Sealed Secret Biography of Gongthang Lama Zhang(gong thang bla ma zhang gig sang mam bkav rgya ma in Tibetan)in the 12th century and A Secret Biography of Lhadrak Namkha Gyentsen(lho brag nam mkav rgyan mtshn gyi gsang bavi mam thar in Tibetan)in the 14th century,A Sealed Secret Biography of the 5th Dalai Lama displays its unique writing characteristics,which in turned started the secret biography writing of Nyingmapa scholars such as the works of Rikzin Gyurme Doije,the founding father of Mindroling.
