Lions from Sogdiana to Chang’an(550-755)

• 作者: 毛铭
• 来源期刊: 丝绸之路研究集刊
• 学科: 历史
• 年，卷（期）: 2017,（1）
• 页码范围: 328-345
• 页数: 18页
• 分类号: K86

摘要

<正>1.A Lion tribute:the Rise and Fall of the Imperial China The lion as sacred,solar or regal symbol permeated many ancient cultures,in India,Persia and among the Sogdians.Paul Pelliot~1 noted that the Chinese word for lion,shi狮,or suoni睃猊,was derived from the Sogdian word sarye.In ancient China die lion remains a favourite tribute,as the symbol of the prosperity of the empire.Indeed,we