India in the Chinese imagination : myth, religion, and thought / edited by John Kieschnick and Meir Shahar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kieschnick, John, 1964-

Shahar, Meir, 1959-

Series:

Encounters with Asia.

Encounters with Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--China.

Buddhism.

Civilization--Indic influences.

Civilization.

China--Civilization--Indic influences.

China.

China--Relations--India.

India--Relations--China.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

India and China dominate the Asian continent but are separated by formidable geographic barriers and language differences. For many centuries, most of the information that passed between the two lands came through Silk Route intermediaries in lieu of first-person encounters-leaving considerable room for invention. From their introduction to Indian culture in the first centuries C.E., Chinese thinkers, writers, artists, and architects imitated India within their own borders, giving Indian images and ideas new forms and adapting them to their own culture. Yet India's impact on China has not been greatly researched or well understood.India in the Chinese Imagination takes a new look at the ways the Chinese embedded India in diverse artifacts of Chinese religious, cultural, artistic, and material life in the premodern era. Leading Asian studies scholars explore the place of Indian myths and storytelling in Chinese literature, how Chinese authors integrated Indian history into their conception of the political and religious past, and the philosophical relationships between Indian Buddhism, Chinese Buddhism, and Daoism. This multifaceted volume, illustrated with over a dozen works of art, reveals the depth and subtlety of the encounter between India and China, shedding light on what it means to imagine another culture-and why it matters.Contributors: Stephen R. Bokenkamp, Bernard Faure, John Kieschnick, Victor H. Mair, John R. McRae, Christine Mollier, Meir Shahar, Robert H. Sharf, Nobuyoshi Yamabe, Ye Derong, Shi Zhiru.

Contents:

pt. 1. Indian mythology the Chinese imagination

pt. 2. India in Chinese imaginings of the past

pt. 3. Chinese rethinking of Indian Buddhism.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780812208924

0812208927

OCLC:

899045608