A Study on the Literacy Rate of Buddhist Monks in Dunhuang during the Late Tang, Five Dynasties, and Early Song Period
Among the Dunhuang documents, when examining some of the monk signature lists, name list of monks copying scriptures and name list of monks chanting scriptures in monasteries, we can estimate a relatively accurate literacy rate of the Buddhist sangha. Generally speaking, the literacy rate of the san...
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2022
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Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 10 |
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Buddhism
B literate monks B literacy rate B Dunhuang |
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