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.
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