Understanding 21st Century China in Buddhist Asia: History, Modernity, and International Relations

01/06/2018

The book is composed of three sections: history, modernity, and diplomacy. However, these perspectives are not boundaries, as history of Buddhism shapes Buddhist modernity while modernity gives senses to diplomacy. The history of Buddhism is in itself simultaneously a dimension of diplomatic history that likewise proceeds through the arrival of modernity.

Introduction. Transcending China via Buddhism / Chih-yu Shih

I Part I. Positioning China in Buddhist Modernity

Chapter 1 (Re)creating China: Sinology, the Kyoto School and the Japanese Modern World / Josuke Ikeda Chapter

2 Buddhist Scholars’ Views of China in Contemporary Japan: Buddhist Influence on Japanese Sinology / Pei-ying Lin

Chapter 3 Facing Christianity, integrating Confucianism and 45 Taoism: The Buddhist foundation of modern subjectivity in Vietnam / Nguyen Tran Tien and Chih-yu Shih

Part II. Presenting China in Buddhist Diplomacy

Chapter 4 Buddhism in Nepali and Sri Lankan Perspectives: Contextualising China’s Soft Power Diplomacy / Reena Marwah

Chapter 5 Buddhism as a Solution to ‘China Threat Theories’:? The Chinese Tooth Relic in Myanmar / Swaran Singh and Kaziah Wallis

Chapter 6 The Two States of Nature in Chinese Practice of Non/Intervention: Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism, and Modernity / Chih-yu Shih

Part III. Transcending China in Buddhist Scholarship

Chapter 7 Buddhist Influence on China Studies in Mongolia: Exploring the Mongol-China-Tibet Linkages / Sharad K Soni

Chapter 8 A Review of the Scholarly Activities of Christian Missionaries and Indian Buddhist Monks in China with special emphasis on Ancient Chinese Documents: The Primary Sources of China Studies in India / Avijit Banerjee

Chapter 9 Translation of Classics and Civilizational Dialogue between India and China: Role of the Buddhist Scholar Monks / Prof B R Deepak

Chapter 10 Buddhist Beliefs Reflected in Tibetan Daily Prayer Book in Comparison with the Chinese ones / Chanwit Tudkeao Appendix How Thai’s Perspective on China Is Enlightened by Buddhist Scholarship / Prapod Assavavirulhakarn