A Research On The 13th Century Biograhpical Literature:the Life Of Chag Lotsaba Chosr Jedpal

Biographical literature belongs to the category of history and literature.It has the double value on the research of history and literature.For Tibetan,biographical literature not only plays an important role in history and literature,but also is indispensable in the research on Tibetan economy,religion,customs,language and other aspects of the data.More importantly,it is on the first hand data of Tibetan history.This biography about Chag lotsaba Chosrjedpal which was written in the thirteenth Century has seen as now one of the earliest biography literature.This biography records exactly not only Chag lotsaba Chosrjedpal's life story,but also the religion,politics,culture,geography,society and other aspects of the society in Nepal,India and Tibetan at the same time.It is not only the major reference for the understanding and studying of Chag lotsaba Chosrjedpal's life,but also the important material for the research on Esoteric Buddhism history of Houhong period and on the society and history of the thirteenth Century India,Nepal,and Tibet.So,it has a high value in literature.The text made an elaborate research on the biography of Chag lotsaba Chosrjedpal and of Chosdpal Dar Byang who finished the Chag lotsaba Chosrjedpal's biography,the overall characteristics of biography,the names of the place and the figures in biography,the value of documents.The first chapter is mainly about the school experience,the sects,and the order of birth and death of Chag lotsaba Chosrjedpal,and about the birth and death of the writer of his biography and the date of the biography.The second chapter analyzes and studies the overall framework,the content structure and the editions of this biography.The third chapter makes a comparative literature analysis on the names and characters which appeared in India and Nepal,and Tibetan.The fourth chapter discusses the literature value of the biography on the religion,society,geography and others.