JOURNEYS ON THE SILK ROAD
Book ID/图书代码： 01083014B68260
English Summary/英文概要： When a Chinese monk broke into a hidden cave in 1900, he uncovered one of the world’s great literary secrets: a time capsule from the ancient Silk Road. Inside, scrolls were piled from floor to ceiling, undisturbed for a thousand years. The gem within was the Diamond Sutra of AD 868. This key Buddhist teaching, made 500 years before Gutenberg inked his press, is the world’s oldest printed book.
The Silk Road once linked China with the Mediterranean. It conveyed merchants, pilgrims and ideas. But its cultures and oases were swallowed by shifting sands. Central to the Silk Road’s rediscovery was a man named Aurel Stein, a Hungarian-born scholar and archaeologist employed by the British service.
Undaunted by the vast Gobi Desert, Stein crossed thousands of desolate miles with his fox terrier Dash. Stein met the Chinese monk and secured the Diamond Sutra and much more. The scroll’s journey—by camel through arid desert, by boat to London’s curious scholars, by train to evade the bombs of World War II—merges an explorer’s adventures, political intrigue, and continued controversy.
The Diamond Sutra has inspired Jack Kerouac and the Dalai Lama. Its journey has coincided with the growing appeal of Buddhism in the West. As the Gutenberg Age cedes to the Google Age, the survival of the Silk Road’s greatest treasure is testament to the endurance of the written word.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1900年，当一位中国僧侣打破了一扇暗门，揭开了历史上最为伟大的文学秘密之一：古丝绸之旅上关于生命的启示。在戈壁滩沙漠的边缘的密室里，这些文献资料从地板一直堆砌到天花板。其中最为珍贵的是公元868年的“金刚经”，现被公认为是世界上最古老的印刷书籍。
佛经是佛教的重要教义，早在印刷术改变欧洲文明之前近600年就已问世。这本书经过了，骆驼商队穿越过危险重重的沙漠，商船漂洋过海至伦敦好奇的学者们手中，躲避二战炸弹行驶中的火车，融合了一个探险家的所有冒险经历，政治阴谋和持续不断的辩论。
“金刚经”经文启发了美国著名作家，杰克·凯鲁亚克（Jack Kerouac)，阿道司.赫胥黎(Aldous Huxley)和活佛。经书从东方到西方的传播路径与佛教在当代世界持续不断地吸引力不谋而合。当古腾堡时代(第一次印刷术)让位于谷歌时代，“丝绸之路”的最大宝藏发现，是一部关于生存的史诗故事，一次文学探索，和文字记载书的传播力量的唤起。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况："A high-velocity tale of epic adventure." --Sydney Morning Herald
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