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AbstrActThis article examines Han Chinese who has historically practiced Tibetan Buddhism in the ... more AbstrActThis article examines Han Chinese who has historically practiced Tibetan Buddhism in the Qinghai-Gansu border region. The main primary sources were published in the 1990s, based on surveys by Chinese social scientists who were sent around in the 1950s to collect data on Tibetan Buddhist institutions as well as additional independent surveys from the 1980s and my own site visits in 2006. On the basis of these sources, I argue that there are at least 100,000 and probably as many as 200,000 Han Chinese on the borders of Qinghai and Gansu (part of the Amdo cultural region for Tibetans) practicing Tibetan Buddhism, following traditions that seem to have been in place for centuries. I also discuss the sixteen historic cases of Han Chinese reincarnate lamas and the over one hundred monasteries in this region affiliated with Han Chinese. Finally, I note the sectarian affiliations (jiaopai: Nyingma, Geluk, etc.) and religious practices of these Chinese communities practicing Tibetan ...
This article examines the prominent role of Tibetan Buddhism at the major cult center of Manjuśrī... more This article examines the prominent role of Tibetan Buddhism at the major cult center of Manjuśrī known as Ri bo rtse lnga or Wutai shan (sometimes spelled "Wutaishan") in Shanxi Province, China. The late imperial presence of Tibetan Buddhism at Ri bo rtse lnga (fourteenth-twentieth centuries) has been studied,buttheplaceofTibetanBuddhismatRibortselngaundertheRepublican government and the Communist regime has not previously been explored in detail. An examination of written sources and on-site investigations reveal that the twentieth century saw a major renewal of Tibetan Buddhist practice at Ri bo rtse lnga with a significant multi-ethnic following. The presence of ethnic Tibetan, Mongolian, and Chinese Tibetan Buddhists at this important Buddhist pilgrimage placehasmadeRibortselngaoneofthepre-eminentsitesofreligiousandcultural exchange in China. Many monasteries on the mountain now practice the Dge lugs pa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Two ethnic Chinese who were most i...
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsTranscription and Transliteration ConventionsList of ContributorsDates in T... more PrefaceAcknowledgmentsTranscription and Transliteration ConventionsList of ContributorsDates in Tibetan History and Key Events in Neighboring LandsMapsPART ONE. Political Expansion and the Beginnings of Tibetan Buddhist Culture (Seventh to Tenth Centuries)1. Tibet in Medieval Chinese2. Imperial Records from Dunhuang3. Imperial Edicts from Central and Far Eastern Tibet4. Institutions and Knowledge Under the Tibetan Empire5. Early Religion and the Beginnings of BuddhismPART TWO. Tibet in Fragments: From Empire to Monastic Principalities (Eleventh to Twelfth Centuries)6. Renewal and Rediscovery: The Later Diffusion of Buddhism and the Response of the "Ancients"7. The Proliferation of New Lineages8. The B n Tradition9. The Development of Medical TraditionPART THREE. The Age of Monastic and Aristocratic Hegemonies: The Florescence of Tibetan Culture (Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries)10. Elaborating the Narratives of Tibetan Antiquity11. Historians and Historical Documents of t...
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsTranscription and Transliteration ConventionsList of ContributorsDates in T... more PrefaceAcknowledgmentsTranscription and Transliteration ConventionsList of ContributorsDates in Tibetan History and Key Events in Neighboring LandsMapsPART ONE. Political Expansion and the Beginnings of Tibetan Buddhist Culture (Seventh to Tenth Centuries)1. Tibet in Medieval Chinese2. Imperial Records from Dunhuang3. Imperial Edicts from Central and Far Eastern Tibet4. Institutions and Knowledge Under the Tibetan Empire5. Early Religion and the Beginnings of BuddhismPART TWO. Tibet in Fragments: From Empire to Monastic Principalities (Eleventh to Twelfth Centuries)6. Renewal and Rediscovery: The Later Diffusion of Buddhism and the Response of the "Ancients"7. The Proliferation of New Lineages8. The B n Tradition9. The Development of Medical TraditionPART THREE. The Age of Monastic and Aristocratic Hegemonies: The Florescence of Tibetan Culture (Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries)10. Elaborating the Narratives of Tibetan Antiquity11. Historians and Historical Documents of the Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries12. Explorations of Buddhist Doctrine13. Literary Developments14. Writings on Death and Dying15. The Growth of the Arts and SciencesPART FOUR. The Age of Centralization: The Rise of the Ganden Government and the Period of Its Bid for Cultural Hegemony (Seventeenth to Twentieth Centuries)16. The Beginnings of the Gandenpa School17. The Fifth Dalai Lama and the Ganden Government18. Aristocrats19. Religious and Political Developments in Eastern Tibet20. Encountering Other Cultures21. Religious Writers in Amdo and KhamPART FIVE. Expanding Horizons in the Early Twentieth Century22. Early Twentieth-Century Tibetan Encounters with the West23. Tibetans Addressing Modern Political IssuesCreditsFor Further ReadingIndex 06_scha13598_00_toc.doc: viii
... useful. While in China, he also had the opportunity to make extensive tours of neighboring Pa... more ... useful. While in China, he also had the opportunity to make extensive tours of neighboring Page 27. Conflict with China 25 countries. He traveled to Chita in Russia, and Harbin, Mukden, and Port Arthur in Manchuria. His visits ...
The historical study of Tibet has enjoyed rapid growth in recent years due in large part to the i... more The historical study of Tibet has enjoyed rapid growth in recent years due in large part to the increasing availability of valuable Tibetan-language documents, established programs of Tibetan studies in major universities, and productive collaborations with Tibetan scholars in China ...
"Foreign Affairs" article on the problem of Chinese racism toward minorities, especially the Tibe... more "Foreign Affairs" article on the problem of Chinese racism toward minorities, especially the Tibetans. Also published in French translation: “Les hans et Les autres”. Courrier International October 1, 2015, 42-45.
This article examines Han Chinese who has historically practiced Tibetan Buddhism in the Qinghai-... more This article examines Han Chinese who has historically practiced Tibetan Buddhism in the Qinghai-Gansu border region. The main primary sources were published in the 1990s, based on surveys by Chinese social scientists who were sent around in the 1950s to collect data on Tibetan Buddhist institutions as well as additional independent surveys from the 1980s and my own site visits in 2006. On the basis of these sources, I argue that there are at least 100,000 and probably as many as 200,000 Han Chinese on the borders of Qinghai and Gansu (part of the Amdo cultural region for Tibetans) practicing Tibetan Buddhism, following traditions that seem to have been in place for centuries. I also discuss the sixteen historic cases of Han Chinese reincarnate lamas and the over one hundred monasteries in this region affiliated with Han Chinese. Finally, I note the sectarian affiliations (jiaopai: Nyingma, Geluk, etc.) and religious practices of these Chinese communities practicing Tibetan Buddhism. Key words: Chinese reincarnate lamas (Han huofo), Chinese Tibetan Buddhists (Hanzu Zangchuan fojiao tu), Qinghai, Gansu, Tibetan Buddhist monastery, Sino-Tibetan religious exchange (Han-zang zongjiao jiaoliu)
AbstrActThis article examines Han Chinese who has historically practiced Tibetan Buddhism in the ... more AbstrActThis article examines Han Chinese who has historically practiced Tibetan Buddhism in the Qinghai-Gansu border region. The main primary sources were published in the 1990s, based on surveys by Chinese social scientists who were sent around in the 1950s to collect data on Tibetan Buddhist institutions as well as additional independent surveys from the 1980s and my own site visits in 2006. On the basis of these sources, I argue that there are at least 100,000 and probably as many as 200,000 Han Chinese on the borders of Qinghai and Gansu (part of the Amdo cultural region for Tibetans) practicing Tibetan Buddhism, following traditions that seem to have been in place for centuries. I also discuss the sixteen historic cases of Han Chinese reincarnate lamas and the over one hundred monasteries in this region affiliated with Han Chinese. Finally, I note the sectarian affiliations (jiaopai: Nyingma, Geluk, etc.) and religious practices of these Chinese communities practicing Tibetan ...
This article examines the prominent role of Tibetan Buddhism at the major cult center of Manjuśrī... more This article examines the prominent role of Tibetan Buddhism at the major cult center of Manjuśrī known as Ri bo rtse lnga or Wutai shan (sometimes spelled "Wutaishan") in Shanxi Province, China. The late imperial presence of Tibetan Buddhism at Ri bo rtse lnga (fourteenth-twentieth centuries) has been studied,buttheplaceofTibetanBuddhismatRibortselngaundertheRepublican government and the Communist regime has not previously been explored in detail. An examination of written sources and on-site investigations reveal that the twentieth century saw a major renewal of Tibetan Buddhist practice at Ri bo rtse lnga with a significant multi-ethnic following. The presence of ethnic Tibetan, Mongolian, and Chinese Tibetan Buddhists at this important Buddhist pilgrimage placehasmadeRibortselngaoneofthepre-eminentsitesofreligiousandcultural exchange in China. Many monasteries on the mountain now practice the Dge lugs pa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Two ethnic Chinese who were most i...
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsTranscription and Transliteration ConventionsList of ContributorsDates in T... more PrefaceAcknowledgmentsTranscription and Transliteration ConventionsList of ContributorsDates in Tibetan History and Key Events in Neighboring LandsMapsPART ONE. Political Expansion and the Beginnings of Tibetan Buddhist Culture (Seventh to Tenth Centuries)1. Tibet in Medieval Chinese2. Imperial Records from Dunhuang3. Imperial Edicts from Central and Far Eastern Tibet4. Institutions and Knowledge Under the Tibetan Empire5. Early Religion and the Beginnings of BuddhismPART TWO. Tibet in Fragments: From Empire to Monastic Principalities (Eleventh to Twelfth Centuries)6. Renewal and Rediscovery: The Later Diffusion of Buddhism and the Response of the "Ancients"7. The Proliferation of New Lineages8. The B n Tradition9. The Development of Medical TraditionPART THREE. The Age of Monastic and Aristocratic Hegemonies: The Florescence of Tibetan Culture (Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries)10. Elaborating the Narratives of Tibetan Antiquity11. Historians and Historical Documents of t...
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsTranscription and Transliteration ConventionsList of ContributorsDates in T... more PrefaceAcknowledgmentsTranscription and Transliteration ConventionsList of ContributorsDates in Tibetan History and Key Events in Neighboring LandsMapsPART ONE. Political Expansion and the Beginnings of Tibetan Buddhist Culture (Seventh to Tenth Centuries)1. Tibet in Medieval Chinese2. Imperial Records from Dunhuang3. Imperial Edicts from Central and Far Eastern Tibet4. Institutions and Knowledge Under the Tibetan Empire5. Early Religion and the Beginnings of BuddhismPART TWO. Tibet in Fragments: From Empire to Monastic Principalities (Eleventh to Twelfth Centuries)6. Renewal and Rediscovery: The Later Diffusion of Buddhism and the Response of the "Ancients"7. The Proliferation of New Lineages8. The B n Tradition9. The Development of Medical TraditionPART THREE. The Age of Monastic and Aristocratic Hegemonies: The Florescence of Tibetan Culture (Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries)10. Elaborating the Narratives of Tibetan Antiquity11. Historians and Historical Documents of the Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries12. Explorations of Buddhist Doctrine13. Literary Developments14. Writings on Death and Dying15. The Growth of the Arts and SciencesPART FOUR. The Age of Centralization: The Rise of the Ganden Government and the Period of Its Bid for Cultural Hegemony (Seventeenth to Twentieth Centuries)16. The Beginnings of the Gandenpa School17. The Fifth Dalai Lama and the Ganden Government18. Aristocrats19. Religious and Political Developments in Eastern Tibet20. Encountering Other Cultures21. Religious Writers in Amdo and KhamPART FIVE. Expanding Horizons in the Early Twentieth Century22. Early Twentieth-Century Tibetan Encounters with the West23. Tibetans Addressing Modern Political IssuesCreditsFor Further ReadingIndex 06_scha13598_00_toc.doc: viii
... useful. While in China, he also had the opportunity to make extensive tours of neighboring Pa... more ... useful. While in China, he also had the opportunity to make extensive tours of neighboring Page 27. Conflict with China 25 countries. He traveled to Chita in Russia, and Harbin, Mukden, and Port Arthur in Manchuria. His visits ...
The historical study of Tibet has enjoyed rapid growth in recent years due in large part to the i... more The historical study of Tibet has enjoyed rapid growth in recent years due in large part to the increasing availability of valuable Tibetan-language documents, established programs of Tibetan studies in major universities, and productive collaborations with Tibetan scholars in China ...
"Foreign Affairs" article on the problem of Chinese racism toward minorities, especially the Tibe... more "Foreign Affairs" article on the problem of Chinese racism toward minorities, especially the Tibetans. Also published in French translation: “Les hans et Les autres”. Courrier International October 1, 2015, 42-45.
This article examines Han Chinese who has historically practiced Tibetan Buddhism in the Qinghai-... more This article examines Han Chinese who has historically practiced Tibetan Buddhism in the Qinghai-Gansu border region. The main primary sources were published in the 1990s, based on surveys by Chinese social scientists who were sent around in the 1950s to collect data on Tibetan Buddhist institutions as well as additional independent surveys from the 1980s and my own site visits in 2006. On the basis of these sources, I argue that there are at least 100,000 and probably as many as 200,000 Han Chinese on the borders of Qinghai and Gansu (part of the Amdo cultural region for Tibetans) practicing Tibetan Buddhism, following traditions that seem to have been in place for centuries. I also discuss the sixteen historic cases of Han Chinese reincarnate lamas and the over one hundred monasteries in this region affiliated with Han Chinese. Finally, I note the sectarian affiliations (jiaopai: Nyingma, Geluk, etc.) and religious practices of these Chinese communities practicing Tibetan Buddhism. Key words: Chinese reincarnate lamas (Han huofo), Chinese Tibetan Buddhists (Hanzu Zangchuan fojiao tu), Qinghai, Gansu, Tibetan Buddhist monastery, Sino-Tibetan religious exchange (Han-zang zongjiao jiaoliu)
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Key words: Chinese reincarnate lamas (Han huofo), Chinese Tibetan Buddhists (Hanzu Zangchuan fojiao tu), Qinghai, Gansu, Tibetan Buddhist monastery, Sino-Tibetan religious exchange (Han-zang zongjiao jiaoliu)
Key words: Chinese reincarnate lamas (Han huofo), Chinese Tibetan Buddhists (Hanzu Zangchuan fojiao tu), Qinghai, Gansu, Tibetan Buddhist monastery, Sino-Tibetan religious exchange (Han-zang zongjiao jiaoliu)