走向光明(纪念西藏民主改革60周年)(英文版)

作者简介

张云 编 张云系历史学博士，现任中国藏学研究中心历史研究所所长。著有《西藏通史》（执行总主编）、《丝路文化·吐蕃卷》、《元朝中央政府治藏制度研究》等。 The book is compiled by Dr Zhang Yun, who is Dean of History Institute of the China Tibetology Research Center. His works include Brief History of the Tibet Region and the Tubo Culture on the Silk Road:

内容简介

Before leaving her home in Xigaze, she secretly picked up two stones (one white and one black). According to legend, white means happiness and good fortune, while black symbolizes suffering and poverty. When she left Namling County for her home in Xigaze, she threw away the black stone quietly, hoping to forget that tragic experience forever. 在西方语境中，1959年前的旧西藏往往被塑造为后现代的“乌托邦”。关于旧西藏虚构的种种“美好传说”，将史实掩藏在传说背后，把真相蒙蔽在谬误之间，却让不少人匪夷所思地“陶醉”…… 想让西藏成为永远停留在中世纪状态的“活化石”的一厢情愿，不能阻挡时代潮流与历史车轮。60年前，西藏历史上一场最伟大、最深刻、最有进步意义的社会变革，具有非凡的意义和崇高的地位。 Some in the West take pre-1959 Tibet as some sort of Shangri-la, a beautiful ""utopia"". There are various kinds of “beautiful legends” like that which have tended to intoxicate those who don’t understand the reality. However, any wishful thinking to take old Tibet as a “living fossil” frozen in a medieval state cannot stop the tide of the times and the turn of the wheel of history. Sixty years ago, the greatest, most profound and most progressive social changes began to take place in Tibet! And that is the truth.