The Tibetan History Reader

Informationen zum Autor Gray Tuttle is the Leila Hadley Luce Associate Professor of Modern Tibet in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. He is the author of Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China and the editor of Mapping the Modern in Tibet! and coeditor! with Kurtis R. Schaeffer and Matthew T. Kapstein! of Sources of Tibetan Tradition. Kurtis R. Schaeffer is professor and chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. He is the author of The Culture of the Book in Tibet and Himalayan Hermitess: The Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Nun! and coeditor! with Gray Tuttle and Matthew T. Kapstein! of Sources of Tibetan Tradition. Klappentext Covering the social, cultural, and political development of Tibet from the seventh century to the modern period, this resource reproduces essential, hard-to-find essays from the past fifty years of Tibetan studies, along with several new contributions. Zusammenfassung Covering the social! cultural! and political development of Tibet from the seventh century to the modern period! this resource reproduces essential! hard-to-find essays from the past fifty years of Tibetan studies! along with several new contributions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgments Dates in Tibetan History and Key Events in Neighboring Lands Maps Part I. From Prehistory to History1. The Prehistory of the Tibetan Plateau to the Seventh Century A.D. Mark Aldenderfer and Zhang Yinong.2. Some Reflections on the Periodization of Tibetan History. Bryan Cuevas.3. History as Myth: On the Appropriation of the Past in Tibetan Culture. Peter Schwieger. Part II. Imperial Tibet (Seventh to Tenth Centuries)4. Remarks on the Mani Kabum and the Cult of Avalokitesvara in Tibet. Matthew T. Kapstein.5. On the Tibetan Historiography and Doxography of the 'Great Debate of Samye.' David Seyfort Ruegg.Imperial Politics6. The Context of Old Tibetan Inscriptions. Fang Kuei Li and W. South Coblin.7. The Tibetans in the Ordos and North China: Considerations on the Role of the Tibetan Empire in World History. Christopher I. Beckwith. Part III. Tibetan Revivals (Tenth to Twelfth Centuries) 8. The Tibetan Tribes of Hexi and Buddhism during the Northern Song Period. Tsotumo Iwasaki.9. Rulers of Western Tibet. David Snellgrove.10. The Bon Religion of Tibet. Per Kvaerne.11. The Evolution of Monastic Power. R. A. Stein. Part IV. Lamas and Patrons: Tibet and the Mongols (Thirteenth to Fourteenth Centuries) 12. The Preceptor-Donor Relation in Thirteenth Century Tibetan Society and Polity! its Inner Asian Precursors and Indian Models. David Seyfort Ruegg.13. The Mongol Census in Tibet. Luciano Petech.14. Sakya Pandita's Letter to the Tibetans: A Late and Dubious Addition to His Collected Works. David P. Jackson. Part V. Centers of Power and Religious Learning (Fourteenth to Eighteenth Centuries) 15. The Rise of the Pakmodru Dynasty. Luciano Petech.16. Monastic Patronage in 15th century Tibet. Turrell V. Wylie.17. Central Tibetan Conflict in the 16th Century. Guiseppe Tucci.18. The He Clan of Hezhou: A Tibetan Family in Service to the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. Elliot Sperling.19. Bon in Central and Eastern Tibet. Samten Karmay Part VI. Modern Tibet (Seventeenth to Twentieth Centuries) Central Tibetan Leadership20. The Dalai Lamas and the Origins of Reincarnate Lamas. Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp.21. The Fifth Dalai Lama. Kurtis R. Schaeffer.22. Experience! Empiricism! and the Fortunes of Authority: Tibetan Medicine and Buddhism on the Eve of Modernity. Janet Gyatso. Tibet and the Manchus23. The Administration of Tibet during the First Half-Century of Chinese Protectorate. Luciano Petech.24. Lobjang Danjin's Rebellion of 1723. Kato Naoto.25. Aristocracy and Government in Tibet: 1728-1959. Luciano Petech. Trade and Commerce26. Gold! Wool and Musk: Trade in Lhasa in the Seventeenth Century. Luce Boul...

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Gray Tuttle is the Leila Hadley Luce Assistant Professor of Modern Tibet in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and is the author of Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China and the editor of Mapping the Modern in Tibet. Kurtis R. Schaeffer is professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and is the author of The Culture of the Book in Tibet and several other books, including Himalayan Hermitess: The Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Nun.

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Covering the social, cultural, and political development of Tibet from the seventh century to the modern period, this resource reproduces essential, hard-to-find essays from the past fifty years of Tibetan studies, along with several new contributions.

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Preface and Acknowledgments Dates in Tibetan History and Key Events in Neighboring Lands Maps Part I. From Prehistory to History1. The Prehistory of the Tibetan Plateau to the Seventh Century A.D. Mark Aldenderfer and Zhang Yinong.2. Some Reflections on the Periodization of Tibetan History. Bryan Cuevas.3. History as Myth: On the Appropriation of the Past in Tibetan Culture. Peter Schwieger. Part II. Imperial Tibet (Seventh to Tenth Centuries)4. Remarks on the Mani Kabum and the Cult of Avalokitesvara in Tibet. Matthew T. Kapstein.5. On the Tibetan Historiography and Doxography of the 'Great Debate of Samye.' David Seyfort Ruegg.Imperial Politics6. The Context of Old Tibetan Inscriptions. Fang Kuei Li and W. South Coblin.7. The Tibetans in the Ordos and North China: Considerations on the Role of the Tibetan Empire in World History. Christopher I. Beckwith. Part III. Tibetan Revivals (Tenth to Twelfth Centuries) 8. The Tibetan Tribes of Hexi and Buddhism during the Northern Song Period. Tsotumo Iwasaki.9. Rulers of Western Tibet. David Snellgrove.10. The Bon Religion of Tibet. Per Kvaerne.11. The Evolution of Monastic Power. R. A. Stein. Part IV. Lamas and Patrons: Tibet and the Mongols (Thirteenth to Fourteenth Centuries) 12. The Preceptor-Donor Relation in Thirteenth Century Tibetan Society and Polity, its Inner Asian Precursors and Indian Models. David Seyfort Ruegg.13. The Mongol Census in Tibet. Luciano Petech.14. Sakya Pandita's Letter to the Tibetans: A Late and Dubious Addition to His Collected Works. David P. Jackson. Part V. Centers of Power and Religious Learning (Fourteenth to Eighteenth Centuries) 15. The Rise of the Pakmodru Dynasty. Luciano Petech.16. Monastic Patronage in 15th century Tibet. Turrell V. Wylie.17. Central Tibetan Conflict in the 16th Century. Guiseppe Tucci.18. The He Clan of Hezhou: A Tibetan Family in Service to the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. Elliot Sperling.19. Bon in Central and Eastern Tibet. Samten Karmay Part VI. Modern Tibet (Seventeenth to Twentieth Centuries) Central Tibetan Leadership20. The Dalai Lamas and the Origins of Reincarnate Lamas. Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp.21. The Fifth Dalai Lama. Kurtis R. Schaeffer.22. Experience, Empiricism, and the Fortunes of Authority: Tibetan Medicine and Buddhism on the Eve of Modernity. Janet Gyatso. Tibet and the Manchus23. The Administration of Tibet during the First Half-Century of Chinese Protectorate. Luciano Petech.24. Lobjang Danjin's Rebellion of 1723. Kato Naoto.25. Aristocracy and Government in Tibet: 1728--1959. Luciano Petech. Trade and Commerce26. Gold, Wool and Musk: Trade in Lhasa in the Seventeenth Century. Luce Boulnois.27. The Circulation of Estates in Tibet: Reincarnation, Land and Politics. Melvyn C. Goldstein.28. The Geo-History of Long-Distance Trade in Tibet 1850--1950. Wim van Spengen. Institutional Growth beyond Central Tibet29. The Kingdom of Derge. Lauran R. Hartley.30. Labrang: A Tibetan Buddhist Monastery at the Crossroads of Four Civilizations. Paul Nietupski. Tibet in a Global Context 31. Uniting Religion and Politics in a Bid for Autonomy: Lamas i…

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