Хятан их бичгийн дурсгал дахь “Жаргалын дотор зовлон, зовлонгийн дотор жаргал буй” гэх эшлэл үгийн тухай

Allusion in Khitan Large Script Misfortune is What Fortune Leans on; Fortune is What Misfor-tune Lurks Within

Abstract

An allusion in Khitan large script found in the Epitaph of Xiao Chen’ge Biexu, which was at that time referred to as the Epitaph of the Second Year of Qingning, originates from the statement “Misfortune is what fortune leans on; Fortune is what misfortune lurks within” in Chapter 58 of the Taoist classic Dao De Jing. By interpreting this allusion, this paper deciphers the Khitan large words meaning “calamity, misfortune” and “exist”.