Duan Qing 段晴 (13 May 1953 – 26 March 2022) was a Chinese scholar of Indian and Iranian languages. She was a Professor of Indo-Iranian Studies and Boya Chair Professor of Peking University.

Life

Born in Beijing on 13 May 1953, Duan Qing studied

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, 1971–1974. After gaining her MA in

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, in 1986. She majored in Middle Iranian Studies with Ronald Emmerick, and took

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and Albrecht Wezler. She then returned to Peking University, where she had a life-long teaching career. She died on 26 March 2022.Obituary> Professor Duan Qing (段晴), 1953–2022
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Publications

Duan Qing's publications, in Chinese, English, German and Japanese, include: * ''Das Khotanische Aparimitāyuḥsūtra'' (1986) * ''Bonini yufa rumen 波你尼語法入門'' (Introduction into Pāṇini’s System) (2001) * ''Yutian, fojiao, gujuan 于闐·佛教·古卷'' (New Finds and Findings from Khotan) (2013) * ''Zhongguo guojia tushuguan cang Xiyu wenshu, Yutianyu juan (1) 中國國家圖書館藏西域文書·于闐語卷（一）''(Xinjiang Manuscripts Preserved in the National Library of China: Khotanese Remains, Part I) (2015) * ''Qinghai Zangyiyao wenhua bowuguan cang Quluwen chidu 青海藏醫藥文化博物館藏佉盧文尺牘'' (Kharoṣṭhī Documents Preserved in Qinghai Tibetan Medical Culture Museum) (2016) * ''Yutianyu Wugoujingguang datuoluoni jing 于闐語無垢淨光大陀羅尼經'' (A Scroll of Khotanese Raśmivimalaviśuddhaprabhā nāma Dhāraṇī) (2019) * ''Shenhua yu yishi: Pojie gudai Yutian Qushu shang de wenming mima 神話與儀式：破解古代于闐氍毹上的文明密碼'' (Myth and Ritual: Deciphering the Code of Civilizations on Qushu from Ancient Khotan) (2022).

References

External links

Duan Qing on Academia.edu

Duan Qing on Worldcat
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