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| India and Tibet : vol.1 | |
| インドとチベット : vol.1 |
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引用情報
382 THE ATTITUDE OF THE TIBETANS
'T'ibetan soldiers, while the Chinese officials complained
that they were ignored by the Lama.
The Dalai Lama informed another visitor that he had
received several pressing invitations to go to Peking, and
on July 19 an Imperial Decree was issued, summoning
him to the capital. He arrived at Peking by rail on Sep-
tember 28, 1908. The reception at the station was not
specially remarkable. He was borne in his own chair to
an improvised reception-hall, where representatives of the
VVai-wu-pu (Board of Dependencies), and the Imperial
Household awaited him ; he was then escorted to the
Huang Ssu (Yellow Temple), outside the north wall of
the city. It had been built by the Emperor Shun-chih
especially for the reception of the Dalai Lama who came
to they Chinese Court in 1653 to pay homage to the new
Manchu dynasty. He had been the first Chief Pontiff of
'T'ibet to visit Peking, and the present Dalai Lama was
only the second.
An emissary from the Dalai Lama carne to Sir John
Jordan two days later, with a message of greeting. The
Minister acknowledged this, and gathered that the Dalai
Lama would be pleased to see hiin. Sir John Jordan
was not, however, prepared to visit the Dalai Lama till
he had been received in audience by the Emperor, arid
about this there was some difficulty. The Chinese
Government did not find the Pontiff an altogether tract-
able personage to manage. In the rules for his recep-
tion it had been laid down that the Dalai Lama would
respectfully greet the Emperor, and kotow to thank his
Majesty for the Imperial gifts." Kotowing is kneeling t
and bowing down till the forehead touches the ground.
The Dalai Lama was prepared to kneel, but not to touch
the ground with his forehead. This might be called a
puerile question of etiquette." But etiquette means a
great deal in Asia, and the audience had to be put off
eight days, till this point and the question of the inter-
change of presents had been satisfactorily arranged. The
Dalai Lama was to offer forty-seven different kinds of
presents, but was to kneel and not kotow ; it was likewise
laid down that when being entertained at a banquet by the
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