Chinese Manichaean manuscript
Moni Guangfo () 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 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.
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.
Contents.
The "Moni Guangfo" manuscript contains 83 pages, 659 lines (or columns), and over 8,300 Chinese characters. There are 82 pages of text, since the 83rd page is blank. An summary and outline of the text can be found in Ma &amp; Wang (2018). Chapters in "Moni guangfo" 《摩尼光佛》 are:
A more detailed outline of "Moni Guangfo" is given below.
Pantheon.
The Manichaean pantheon names in "Moni Guangfo" are quite similar to, but not identical to, the names used in the Dunhuang Manichaean texts. They include:
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