As Tibet enters into its 50th year of Chinese rule, questions of cultural distinctions and similarities become ever more important in determining the future of the relationship between the Snow Lion and the Red Dragon. But often left unsaid is the long history the two countries share, and the significant cultural interchanges that have existed over time. Setting political agenda aside, Buddhism Between Tibet and China features a collection of noteworthy essays that probe the nature of this relationship, from the Tang Dynasty (618�907 CE) to the present. Annotated and contextualized by noted scholar Matthew Kapstein and others, the historical accounts that comprise this volume display the rich dialogue between Tibet and China in the areas of scholarship, the fine arts, politics, philosophy, and religion. This thoughtful book provides insight into the surprisingly complex history behind the relationship from a variety of geographical regions.

Buddhism Between Tibet and China, Mathew Kapstein, Wisdom Publications, Paperback, 480 pp, $34.95

Matthew T. Kapstein is Numata Professor of Buddhist Studies in the Divinity School at the University of Chicago and Director of Tibetan Studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris. His recent publications include "The Presence of Light" (2004), "Reason's Traces" (2001), "The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism" (2000) and "Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet" (1998).

	Contents: Buddhism Between Tibet & China
	Illustrations	ix
	Preface	xv
	Contributors	xix
	Transcription Conventions	xxii
	Introduction: Mediations and Margins Matthew T. Kapstein	1
	Part I: Sites of Encounter
1.	The Treaty Temple of the Turquoise Grove Matthew T. Kapstein	21
2.	The Commissioner's Commissions: Late-Thirteenth-Century Tibetan and Chinese Buddhist Art in Hangzhou under the Mongols Rob Linrothe	73
3.	Dabaojigong and the Regional Tradition of Ming Sino-Tibetan Painting in the Kingdom of Lijiang Karl Debreczeny	97
	Part II: Missions from the Frontiers
4.	Tibetan Buddhism, Perceived and Imagined, along the Ming-Era Sino-Tibetan Frontier Elliot Sperling	155
5.	The "Reverend Chinese" (Gyanakpa tsang) at Labrang Monastery Paul Nietupski	181
6.	Gangkar Rinpoche between Tibet and China: A Tibetan Lama among Ethnic Chinese in the 1930's to 1950's Carmen Meinert	215
	Part III: The Modern Chinese Discovery of Tibetan Buddhism
7.	Translating Buddhism from Tibetan to Chinese in Early-Twentieth-Century China (1931-1951) Gray Tuttle	241
8.	Tibetan Learning in the Contemporary Chinese Yogacara School Zhihua Yao	281
9.	The "Chinese Lama" Nenghai (1886-1967): Doctrinal Tradition and Teaching Strategies of a Gelukpa Master in Republican China Ester Bianchi	295
	Part IV: China and the Dalai Lama in the Twentieth Century
10.	The Thirteenth Dalai Lama's Visit to Beijing in 1908: In Search of a New Kind of Chaplain-Donor Relationship Fabienne Jagou	349
11.	The Taiwanese Connection: Politics, Piety, and Patronage in Transnational Tibetan Buddhism Abraham Zablocki	379
	Tibetan Spelling List	415
	Chinese Glossary	423
	Index	439