A CHINESE SUMMARY OF THE MARTYRDOM OF ST.GEORGE

摘要

Ⅰ.The Martyrdom of St.George In the following I will demonstrate that the hymn “Jisi zhou 吉思咒 Incantation of George” in the recently published Xiapu manuscript titled Moni guangfo 摩尼光佛(Mani,the Buddha of Light,cols.314-333) is the Chinese summary of The Martyrdom of St.George.I will first briefly introduce the publications and the research on The Martyrdom of St.George,and then proceed to analyze the hymn itself in light of the introduced material.