Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China
Over the past century and with varying degrees of success, China has tried to integrate Tibet into the modern Chinese nation-state. In this groundbreaking work, Gray Tuttle reveals the surprising role Buddhism and Buddhist leaders played in the development of the modern Chinese state and in fostering relations between Tibet and China from the Republican period (1912-1949) to the early years of Communist rule. Beyond exploring interactions between Buddhists and politicians in Tibet and China,...
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Gray Tuttle reveals the surprising role Buddhism and Buddhist leaders played in the development of the modern Chinese state and in fostering relations between Tibet and China from the Republican period (1912-1949) to the early years of Communist rule. Tuttle offers new insights on the impact of modern ideas of nationalism, race, and religion in East Asia. He draws on previously unexamined archival and governmental materials, as well as personal memoirs of Chinese politicians and Buddhist monks, and ephemera from religious ceremonies.
Map: Tibet and Tibetan Buddhist Activity in ChinaIntroductionCountering Nationalist HistoriographyTransitions: Making National, Going Global1. Imperial TraditionsTraditions Linking Tibetan Buddhists and Dynastic RulersTibetan Buddhist Intermediaries at the Qing CourtTraditions That Divided Tibet from China Proper2. Global Forces in Asia (1870s-1910s)Western Imperialist Commercial Interests in TibetChinese Nationalist Strategies: Designs on Tibet and the Tibetan ResponseRacial Ideology in China3. Buddhism as a Pan-Asian Religion (1890s-1928)The Shared Interests of Chinese and Tibetan BuddhistsThe Origins of Chinese Interest in Tibetan Buddhist Teachers and PracticesTibetan Lamas Teach in ChinaChinese Monks Study in Tibet4. Overcoming Barriers Between China and Tibet (1929-1931)Barriers to Chinese Studying Tibetan BuddhismForging New Links: Lamas Assist Chinese MonksSichuan Laity Elicits Government InvolvementThe Political Monk: Taixu5. The Failure of Racial and Nationalist Ideologies (1928-1932)The Politicization of Lamasí Roles in ChinaSecular Educational InstitutionsSino-Tibetan Secular Dialogue on Chinese TermsFailed Rhetoric: Tibetan Autonomy Denied6. The Merging of Secular and Religious Systems (1931-1935)Renewed Sino-Tibetan Dialogue on Tibetan TermsThe Zenith of Tibetan Buddhist Activity in ChinaPolitical Propaganda Missions by Lamas7. Linking Chinese and Tibetan Cultures (1934-1950s)Hybridized Educational InstitutionsThe Indigenization of Tibetan Buddhism among the ChinesePostscript: Thoughts on the Presentand the Legacy of the PastThe Legacy of the PastEchoes of ImperialismAppendix 1: Institutions Associated with Tibetan Buddhism in ChinaAppendix 2: Correct Tibetan Spellings
\ BUDDHADHARMA - Benjamin Bogin\ Tuttle's extensive original research lends itself to a lively and detailed account... Essential Reading.\ \ \ \ \ \ American Historical Review - Zvi Ben-Dor Benite\ Tuttle approaches this complicated history with courage and clarity of perspective... Tuttle has done us a great service.\ \ \ \ Journal of Chinese ReligionsGray Tuttle's scholarship is of the first order, and he provides a model other historians of the region would do well to emulate.\ \ \ \ \ \ China InformationA welcome addition... [that] will serve as an important reference in the related fields for some time to come.\ \ \ \ \ \ Asian AffairsA scrupulous piece of historical scholarship... [that] should be compulsory reading for every journalist or academic working in this area.\ \ \ \ \ \ Nations & NationalismAn excellent piece of scholarship that definitely deserves reading by anyone interested in the history of either Tibet or China.\ \ \ \ \ \ Journal of the American Academy of Religion[A] stimulating and rich book... an important landmark in the field of both Tibetan and Chinese studies.\ \ \ \ \ \ Journal of Asian HistoryAs the vanguard of a coming wave of new research, Tuttle's work raises the bar for a reinvigorated field of inquiry.\ \ \ \ \ \ Religious Studies Review[An] excellent and important contribution to the history of the religious -- and therefore political -- relationship between Tibet and modern China.\ \ \ \ \ \ BUDDHADHARMATuttle's extensive original research lends itself to a lively and detailed account... Essential Reading.\ — Benjamin Bogin\ \ \ \ \ \ ChoiceThis book offers a nuanced examination of a complicated relationship... Recommended.\ \ \ \ \ \ American Historical ReviewTuttle approaches this complicated history with courage and clarity of perspective... Tuttle has done us a great service.\ — Zvi Ben-Dor Benite\ \ \ \ \ \ Journal of Chinese ReligionsGray Tuttle's scholarship is of the first order, and he provides a model other historians of the region would do well to emulate.\ — Derek F. Maher, East Carolina University\ \ \ \ \ \ China InformationA welcome addition... [that] will serve as an important reference in the related fields for some time to come.\ — Hsiao-Ting Lin\ \ \ \ \ \ Asian AffairsA scrupulous piece of historical scholarship... [that] should be compulsory reading for every journalist or academic working in this area.\ — Timothy Barrett\ \ \ \ \ \ Nations & NationalismAn excellent piece of scholarship that definitely deserves reading by anyone interested in the history of either Tibet or China.\ — Andrew Fischer\ \ \ \ \ \ Journal of the American Academy of Religion[A] stimulating and rich book... an important landmark in the field of both Tibetan and Chinese studies.\ — Margherita Zanasi\ \ \ \ \ \ Journal of Asian HistoryAs the vanguard of a coming wave of new research, Tuttle's work raises the bar for a reinvigorated field of inquiry.\ — Charlene Makley\ \ \ \ \ \ Religious Studies Review[An] excellent and important contribution to the history of the religious — and therefore political — relationship between Tibet and modern China.\ — Eric D. Mortensen\ \ \
