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| + | [[Crazy Shagdar]] ({{Wiki|Mongolian}}: [[Shaγdar soliyatu]], 1869-1930s) was a wandering [[lama]] from the Baarin [[banner]] (in what is now [[Ulanhad]] city) in [[Inner Mongolia]]. He is the [[hero]] of a number of, usually quite critical, tales, in which he mocks corrupt [[nobles]], other [[lama]]s etc. One tale deals with how he rebuked {{Wiki|Chinese}} traders on a [[temple]] fair: | ||
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| + | : The annual [[Baarin]] [[temple]] fair had always attracted many traders from Inner [[China]]. [[Shagdar]] came very close to the side of the tent of one of these traders, made a fireplace from three stones, pulled a [[Tibetan]] cooking pot from his bundle, then he helped himself to the [[water]] from the traders' clay ton and made a [[fire]] from their [[wood]]. When the eldest of the traders scolded him and called him crazy, [[Shagdar]] replied | ||
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| + | :: I, [[Shagdar]], only drank from the waters of my homeland, | ||
:: Made a [[fire]] with nothing but the [[wood]] from my hills. | :: Made a [[fire]] with nothing but the [[wood]] from my hills. | ||
:: I used none of the [[water]] or [[wood]] you brought from [[Shandong]]! | :: I used none of the [[water]] or [[wood]] you brought from [[Shandong]]! | ||
Latest revision as of 22:16, 14 December 2015
Crazy Shagdar (Mongolian: Shaγdar soliyatu, 1869-1930s) was a wandering lama from the Baarin banner (in what is now Ulanhad city) in Inner Mongolia. He is the hero of a number of, usually quite critical, tales, in which he mocks corrupt nobles, other lamas etc. One tale deals with how he rebuked Chinese traders on a temple fair:
- The annual Baarin temple fair had always attracted many traders from Inner China. Shagdar came very close to the side of the tent of one of these traders, made a fireplace from three stones, pulled a Tibetan cooking pot from his bundle, then he helped himself to the water from the traders' clay ton and made a fire from their wood. When the eldest of the traders scolded him and called him crazy, Shagdar replied
A collection of tales about him appeared in Mukden in 1959, and some of these have been translated into German.
