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The Fruits of Tibetan Study
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2004-10-27
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| China's Tibetan
study, in a broad sense, has a very long history. Its beginning can be traced
back about two thousand years. However, only after the founding of new China
was a modern and scientific system of Tibetan study established. The essential
differences between the new and the traditional Tibetology are: first, today's
Tibetan study analyzes and studies the Tibetan nationality and all facets
of Tibetan society with the help of scientific theories; as a result, the
traditional Tibetan study has been raised to a higher level. Second, new
Tibetan study breaks with the traditional which stressed only five major
subjects (technology, medicine, phon | | |