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The Dalai Lama and the Emperor of China : a political history of the Tibetan institution of reincarnation / Peter Schwieger.

By: Publisher number: EB00640361 | Recorded BooksPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (ix, 342 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231538602
  • 023153860X
  • 1336021489
  • 9781336021488
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dalai Lama and the Emperor of China.DDC classification:
  • 951/.503 23
LOC classification:
  • DS786 .S36 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Historical Development of the Trülku Position; 2. A Trülku as the Head of Society; 3. Struggle for Buddhist Government; 4. The Emperor Takes Control; 5. Buddhist Government Under the Imperial Umbrella; 6. Imperial Authority Over the Trülku Institution; 7. The Aftermath; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Tibetan Reincarnation Lines of Major Political Significance; Appendix 2: Qing Emperors and Qoshot Kings of Tibet; Abbreviations; Notes; Tibetan Orthographic Equivalents; Bibliography; Index.
Summary: A major new work in modern Tibetan history, this book follows the evolution of Tibetan Buddhism's trülku (reincarnation) tradition from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, along with the Emperor of China's efforts to control its development. By illuminating the political aspects of the trülku institution, Schwieger shapes a broader history of the relationship between the Dalai Lama and the Emperor of China, as well as a richer understanding of the Qing Dynasty as an inner Asian empire, the modern fate of the Mongol empire, and current Sino-Tibetan relations. Unlike other pre-twentie.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Historical Development of the Trülku Position; 2. A Trülku as the Head of Society; 3. Struggle for Buddhist Government; 4. The Emperor Takes Control; 5. Buddhist Government Under the Imperial Umbrella; 6. Imperial Authority Over the Trülku Institution; 7. The Aftermath; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Tibetan Reincarnation Lines of Major Political Significance; Appendix 2: Qing Emperors and Qoshot Kings of Tibet; Abbreviations; Notes; Tibetan Orthographic Equivalents; Bibliography; Index.

A major new work in modern Tibetan history, this book follows the evolution of Tibetan Buddhism's trülku (reincarnation) tradition from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, along with the Emperor of China's efforts to control its development. By illuminating the political aspects of the trülku institution, Schwieger shapes a broader history of the relationship between the Dalai Lama and the Emperor of China, as well as a richer understanding of the Qing Dynasty as an inner Asian empire, the modern fate of the Mongol empire, and current Sino-Tibetan relations. Unlike other pre-twentie.

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