Global InformationMoni Guangfo information
| Moni Guangfo | |
|---|---|
| 摩尼光佛 | |
| Information | |
| Religion | Chinese Manichaeism |
| Language | Chinese |
| Period | 9th–11th centuries CE |
 Moni Guangfo at Chinese Wikisource | |
Moni Guangfo (Chinese: 摩尼光佛; pinyin: Móní Guāngfó; lit. 'Mani', 'Buddha of Light') is one of the longest and most important Xiapu Manichaean manuscripts. The manuscript contains 83 pages, 659 lines, and over 8,300 Chinese characters in total. The text was discovered by Chinese researchers in 2009[1] and belongs to Chen Peisheng 陈培生, a priest or ritual master (fashi 法师) in Shangwan Village 上万村, Baiyang Township, Xiapu County, Fujian Province, China.[2]
Although the manuscript was likely transcribed a few hundred years ago, its contents date back to around the 9th–11th centuries. Moni Guangfo contains many Middle Iranian words transcribed using Chinese characters.[1]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
MaWang2018was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Yang, Fuxue 杨富学. 2020. Xiapu Monijiao wenxian Moni Guangfo yanjiu 霞浦摩尼教文献《摩尼光佛》研究. Lanzhou: Gansu Cultural Publishing House 甘肃文化出版社, p.31.