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Article: Kuwabara's misleading thesis on Bukhara and the family name An. (Kuwabara Jitsuzo)
- Article from:
- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
- Article date:
- October 1, 1996
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When in late 1923 or early 1924 Chen Yuan (1880-1971) sent to Kuwabara Jitsuzo (1870-1931) in Japan a draft of his article "Yuan xiyuren hua-hua kao" The Sinicization of People from Western Regions during the Yuan), he did not imagine that one seemingly obvious remark of his would provoke harsh criticism from his senior colleague. Chen Yuan in his article expressed the opinion that An Shitong (a twelth-century Song figure who embraced Taoism) originally came from Anxi (Parthia):
Why do we suspect that An Shitong was a native from the Anxi country? Among the translators of [Buddhist] texts in the Han period, there was An Shigao, named An Qing, heir-apparent of the ...