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国立情報学研究所 - ディジタル・シルクロード・プロジェクト
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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
384 THE ATTITUDE OF THE TIBETANS
eyes, and good white teeth. His hands worked nervously,
and his head had not been shaved for ten days.
A few remarks were interchanged regarding the
climatic superiority of North China over Tibet, and the
Dalai Lama's journey from Wu-tai-shan to Peking, part of
which was performed by train, and then the Dalai Laina
made reference to the proximity of India to Tibet. Some
time ago, he said, events had occurred which were not of
his creating ; they belonged to the past, and it was his
sincere desire that peace and amity should exist between
the two neighbouring countries. He desired the Minister
to report these words to the King-Emperor. The message
was not in the first instance clearly interpreted by the
attendant Lama, but that this was the Dalai Lama's
meaning appeared from what followed. Sir John said in
reply that the desire for peace and amity was fully
reciprocated by his country; and, on this being interpreted,
the Dalai Lama returned to his point, repeated the lan-
guage he had previously used, and asked that it should be
reported to the King-Emperor. The Minister then added
that he would not omit to carry out this request. A
pause ensued, and then the Dalai Lama said that if the
Minister had nothing further that he wished to discuss, he
would bid him God-speed, and, in doing so, presented him
with a pound 'or two of « longevity " jujubes. The recep-
tion lasted about eight minutes. The whole proceedings
were carried out with perfect dignity. -
Under the outward aspect of honouring the Dalai
Lama, the Chinese now by Imperial Decree emphatically
stated his subordinate position. The Dalai Lama," said
the Decree, already, by the Imperial commands of former
times, bears the title of the Great, Good, Self-existent
Buddha of Heaven. We now expressly confer upon him
the addition to his title of the Loyally Submissive Vice-
gerent, the Great, Good, Self - existent Buddha of
Heaven." As Sir John Jordan observed, the additional
attributes did not leave much doubt as to the rôle which
the Pontiff was expected to play in the future. He was,
above all else, to be the loyally submissive Vicegerent of
the Chinese Emperor, and his dependence on the Imperial
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