| Description |
1 online resource (xxxvii, 810 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Introduction to Asian Civilizations |
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Introduction to Asian civilizations.
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| Contents |
Part 1: Political expansion and the beginnings of Tibetan Buddhist culture (seventh to tenth centuries). Tibet in medieval Chinese, Islamic, and western sources. ; Imperial records from Dunhuang ; Imperial edicts from central and far eastern Tibet ; Institutions and knowledge under the Tibetan Empire ; Early religion and the beginnings of Buddhism. -- Part 2: Tibet in fragments: From empire to monastic principalities (eleventh to twelfth centuries). Renewal and rediscovery: the later diffusion of Buddhism and the response of the "ancients" ; The proliferation of new lineages ; The Bön tradition ; The development of the medical tradition. -- Part 3: The age of monastic and aristocratic hegemonies: The florescence of Tibetan culture (thirteenth to sixteenth centuries). Elaborating the narratives of Tibetan antiquity ; Historians and historical documents of the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries ; Exploration of Buddhist doctrine ; Literary developments ; Writings on death and dying ; The growth of the arts and sciences. -- Part 4: The age of centralization: the rise of the ganden government and its bid for cultural hegemony (seventeenth to twentieth centuries). The beginnings of the gandenpa school ; The fifth Dalai Lama and the ganden government ; Aristocrats, monks, and hermits ; Religious and political developments in Eastern Tibet ; Encountering other cultures ; Religious writers in Amdo and Kham. -- Part 5: Expanding horizons in the early twentieth century. Early twentieth-century Tibetan encounters with the West ; Tibetans addressing modern political issues |
| Summary |
"The most comprehensive collection of Tibetan works in a Western language, this volume illuminates the complex historical, intellectual, and social development of Tibetan civilization from its earliest beginnings to the modern period. Including more than 180 representative writings, Sources of Tibetan Tradition spans Tibet's vast geography and long history, presenting for the first time a diversity of works by religious and political leaders; scholastic philosophers and contemplative hermits; monks and nuns; poets and artists; and aristocrats and commoners. The selected readings reflect the profound role of Buddhist sources in shaping Tibetan culture while illustrating other major areas of knowledge. Thematically varied, they address history and historiography; political and social theory; law; medicine; divination; rhetoric; aesthetic theory; narrative; travel and geography; folksong; and philosophical and religious learning, all in relation to the unique trajectories of Tibetan civil and scholarly discourse. The editors begin each chapter with a survey of broader social and cultural contexts and introduce each translated text with a concise explanation. Concluding with writings that extend into the early twentieth century, this volume offers an expansive encounter with Tibet's exceptional intellectual heritage."--Publisher's website |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Proquest, viewed May 18, 2022) |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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Civilization
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| SUBJECT |
Tibet Region -- Civilization -- Sources
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Tibet Region -- History -- Sources
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Tibet Region -- Intellectual life -- Sources
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Tibet Region -- Social conditions -- Sources
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Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85135216
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| Subject |
China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schaeffer, Kurtis R., editor.
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Kapstein, Matthew, editor.
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Tuttle, Gray, editor.
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| LC no. |
2011018491 |
| ISBN |
9780231509787 |
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0231509782 |
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