八思巴,作為元朝藏傳佛教薩迦派首領、元朝首任帝師,是中華民族共同體發(fā)展歷程中一位具有標志性意義的重要歷史人物。本書根據大量一手藏、漢文史籍,完整、詳實地敘述了八思巴的生平業(yè)績,科學梳理評析了八思巴在推動西藏與內地的經、文化交流,促進各民族之間相互了解和溝通所發(fā)揮的杰出貢獻,對元朝西藏地方史中的許多關鍵問題做了令人信服的考證,以獨特的視角闡述了西藏地方和中央王朝關系史上重要篇章,對于筑牢中華民族共同體意識具有重要理論價值和時代意義。This book has a concise introduction to the splendid life of Phagpa, an important Tibetan figure in the Yuan Dynasty. While outlining his great contributions to the history of Tibetans, Tibetan Buddhism, the formation of China as a unified multiethnic country and internal cultural exchanges, it also sets forth the impacts of key historical events on Tibet policies of succeeding generations.