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- Re: QUERY> Identification of a Yuan-period location
- Re: QUERY> Identification of a Yuan-period location
- Re: QUERY> Identification of a Yuan-period location
Re: QUERY> Identification of a Yuan-period location
by Yi Ding
Dear Prof. Kapstein,It seems to me that Ka'u lang ho refers to Gaoliang he 高粱河, a river that provided water to the capital city Khanbaliq (or Dadu 大都) and was central to the city. There is a quite famous bridge called Gaoliang qiao 高梁橋 over the river that was originally built in the Yuan, and I guess that the so-called “great monastery of Gaoliang he” might refer to a monastery nearby.
Unfortunately, I don't have the access to the 基本古籍庫 (a useful database of pre-modern Chinese texts), which might provide some further clues about the possible existence of a "monastery of Gaoliang he" 高粱河寺.
Best wishes
Allan Ding
Re: QUERY> Identification of a Yuan-period location
by Matthew Kapstein
Dear Yi Ding,Thanks so much for this very useful suggestion. It seems much more plausible than the earlier one I had received,
referring to Gaotang in Shandong.
If anyone reading this can check the 基本古籍庫 to see if we can learn more, that would be wonderful.
best regards,
Matthew
Matthew Kapsten
EPHE, Paris, and the University of Chicago
Re: QUERY> Identification of a Yuan-period location
by Jason Protass
Colleagues,This inquiry is out of my expertise, but Allan's suggestion regarding "Gaoliang he" 高梁河 leads me to wonder if the monastery in question is the "Great Nation Protecting Benevolent Kings Monastery" 大護國仁王寺, located on a different "Gaoliang River" 高良河, about 10 li west of the capital (per 析津志輯佚). This monastery received significant patronage from 元世祖 Kublai Khan in late 1270 / early 1271; the site received further patronage throughout the Yuan period. Note the same location was also referred to as 會福院, and at least once described as the 高良河寺. However, I do not have access to the Erudition 基本古籍庫 database, nor expert knowledge on institutions or patronage in northern areas under the Yuan.
The above gleaned from the standard Yuan history 元史; "Collected Fragments of the Gazetteer of Xijin" 析津志輯佚; the electronic Taisho canon (addenda to 佛祖統紀, including: "建大護國仁王寺於高良河，敕更定僧服色"; and 佛祖歷代通載); and other texts available in CBETA CBReader 2016 edn.
Good wishes to all,
Jason Protass
Brown University
