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The ''Blue Annals'' (), completed in 1476, written by Gö Lotsawa Zhönnu-pel (, 1392–1481), is a Tibetan historical survey with a marked
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. An English translation by
George de Roerich George Nicolas de Roerich (, ; August 16, 1902, in Okulovka (town), Novgorod Oblast, Okulovka, Novgorod Governorate – May 21, 1960, in Moscow) was a Russian Tibetologist. Roerich's work encompassed many areas of Tibetan studies, but in particul ...
with help from Gendün Chöphel was published in 1949 and has since remained one of the most widely consulted sources on the history of
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up to the fifteenth century. The Tibetan and Himalayan Library is working on a new online translation of the ''Blue Annals''. A similar work from a later period is Tuken Lozang Chö kyi Nyima's ''Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems'' () completed in 1802. Tuken favored the
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school, but he nonetheless provides broad and useful historical information, relying heavily on the ''Blue Annals'' himself.


Editions

The following modern editionsSource

(accessed: November 5, 2007)
are in print: *Chandra, Lokesh (Ed. & Translator) (1974). ''The Blue Annals''. International Academy of Indian Culture, New Delhi. This edition is a reproduction from block prints kept at Kundeling Monastery,
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. The colophon (Chandra 970; Chengdu 1271; Roerich 1093) was composed by Rta tshag 8 Ye shes blo bzang bstan pa’i mgon po (1760–1810). *Chengdu () (1984). ''deb ther sngon po''. Two volumes, paginated continuously. According to Martin (1997), this modern edition is based upon the Kundeling Monastery blockprint and collated with the edition of ''Dga’ ldan chos ‘khor gling'' (Ganden Monastery),
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. * Roerich, George N. and Gendün Chöphel, translator (1988). ''The Blue Annals'' by Gö Lotsawa. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1976, Reprint in 1979. eprint of Calcutta, Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1949, in two volumes


Etymology

The term Blue Annals () or Bamboo History was a word found in the Tang dynasty poem by
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(722–770) 唐·杜甫《赠郑十八贲》诗:“古人日以远,青史自不泯。” translating as, "The ancients' times are long gone, but their names carved on bamboo remain fresh." The word is also found in the famous Chinese novel
Romance of the Three Kingdoms ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' () is a 14th-century historical novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong. It is set in the turbulent years towards the end of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history, starting in 184 AD and ...
, a work that is estimated to have been completed in 1367. The original sentence reads 《三国演义.第三十六回》:「愿诸公善事使君,以图名垂竹帛,功标青史。」An excerpt from the thirty-sixth chapter of Three Kingdoms, this translates as, "May all your public and good deeds make your lordship hang down bamboo and silk with your name, and your achievements make their mark on history."


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References

*Martin, Dan.
Tibetan Histories: A Bibliography of Tibetan-Language Historical Works
'. London, Serindia Publications, 1997. {{Buddhism topics Tibetan Buddhist treatises