On the Same Origin between the Fuqing Version of The Xiang Kong Precious Repentance and the Uighur Version of The Manichean Confessions
Amid the Manichaean literature recently discovered in Fuqing,Fujian Province,The Xiang Kong Precious Repentance can be regarded as a core text used by the Manichaean religion at the punya ashrams.It is rich and complete in content and well preserved.Fifteen articles of the confessions correspond to the Uighur version of The Manichaean Confessions found in Dunhuang and Turpan.The earliest propagator of Manichaeism in Fujian recorded in historical annals is Master Ulug.The author previously speculated that"Ulug"is the transliteration of the Uighur language"Qutluy"(good fortune),which is intended to show that the Manichaeism in Fujian was introduced by the Uighur monks,and the contents of the fifteen articles of confessions in The Xiang Kong Precious Repentance in the Fuqing edition are highly consistent with The Manichean Confessions in Uighur,which can confirm that Manichaeism in Fuqing and the northern Manichaeism in the Tang Dynasty are from the same line.It is a direct descendant of the Mobei Uighur Manichaeism that moved south.
Xiang Kong Precious RepentanceThe Manichean ConfessionsMaster UlugUighur ManichaeismFujian Manichaeism
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