Map: Tibet and Tibetan Buddhist Activity in China Introduction Countering Nationalist Historiography Transitions: Making National, Going Global 1. Imperial Traditions Traditions Linking Tibetan Buddhists and Dynastic Rulers Tibetan Buddhist Intermediaries at the Qing Court Traditions That Divided Tibet from China Proper 2. Global Forces in Asia (1870s-1910s) Western Imperialist Commercial Interests in Tibet Chinese Nationalist Strategies: Designs on Tibet and the Tibetan Response Racial Ideology in China 3. Buddhism as a Pan-Asian Religion (1890s-1928) The Shared Interests of Chinese and Tibetan Buddhists The Origins of Chinese Interest in Tibetan Buddhist Teachers and Practices Tibetan Lamas Teach in China Chinese Monks Study in Tibet 4. Overcoming Barriers Between China and Tibet (1929-1931) Barriers to Chinese Studying Tibetan Buddhism Forging New Links: Lamas Assist Chinese Monks Sichuan Laity Elicits Government Involvement The Political Monk: Taixu 5. The Failure of Racial and Nationalist Ideologies (1928-1932) The Politicization of Lamasi Roles in China Secular Educational Institutions Sino-Tibetan Secular Dialogue on Chinese Terms Failed Rhetoric: Tibetan Autonomy Denied 6. The Merging of Secular and Religious Systems (1931-1935) Renewed Sino-Tibetan Dialogue on Tibetan Terms The Zenith of Tibetan Buddhist Activity in China Political Propaganda Missions by Lamas 7. Linking Chinese and Tibetan Cultures (1934-1950s) Hybridized Educational Institutions The Indigenization of Tibetan Buddhism among the Chinese Postscript: Thoughts on the Present and the Legacy of the Past The Legacy of the Past Echoes of Imperialism Appendix 1: Institutions Associated with Tibetan Buddhism in China Appendix 2: Correct Tibetan Spellings
"In this learned and sympathetic work, Tuttle reveals a fundamentally important slice of history showing how Tibetan and Chinese Buddhists during the Republic built a relationship of mutual respect and interests between the two societies. Perhaps this vision can, once again, serve as the basis for a hopeful re-engagement." -- Prasenjit Duara, University of Chicago, author of Rescuing History from the Nation: Questioning Narratives of Modern China
Gray Tuttle is Leila Hadley Luce Assistant Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.
"Tuttle's extensive original research lends itself to a lively and detailed account... Essential Reading." -- Benjamin Bogin, BUDDHADHARMA "This book offers a nuanced examination of a complicated relationship... Recommended." -- Choice "Tuttle approaches this complicated history with courage and clarity of perspective... Tuttle has done us a great service." -- Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, American Historical Review "Gray 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, Journal of Chinese Religions "A welcome addition... [that] will serve as an important reference in the related fields for some time to come." -- Hsiao-Ting Lin, China Information "A scrupulous piece of historical scholarship... [that] should be compulsory reading for every journalist or academic working in this area." -- Timothy Barrett, Asian Affairs "An excellent piece of scholarship that definitely deserves reading by anyone interested in the history of either Tibet or China." -- Andrew Fischer, Nations & Nationalism "[A] stimulating and rich book... an important landmark in the field of both Tibetan and Chinese studies." -- Margherita Zanasi, Journal of the American Academy of Religion "As the vanguard of a coming wave of new research, Tuttle's work raises the bar for a reinvigorated field of inquiry." -- Charlene Makley, Journal of Asian History
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