Gray Tuttle is Leila Hadley Luce Assistant Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.
Map: Tibet and Tibetan Buddhist Activity in China
Introduction
Countering Nationalist Historiography
Transitions: Making National, Going Global
1. Imperial Traditions
Traditions Linking Tibetan Buddhists and Dynastic Rulers
Tibetan Buddhist Intermediaries at the Qing Court
Traditions That Divided Tibet from China Proper
2. Global Forces in Asia (1870s-1910s)
Western Imperialist Commercial Interests in Tibet
Chinese Nationalist Strategies: Designs on Tibet and the Tibetan Response
Racial Ideology in China
3. Buddhism as a Pan-Asian Religion (1890s-1928)
The Shared Interests of Chinese and Tibetan Buddhists
The Origins of Chinese Interest in Tibetan Buddhist Teachers and Practices
Tibetan Lamas Teach in China
Chinese Monks Study in Tibet
4. Overcoming Barriers Between China and Tibet (1929-1931)
Barriers to Chinese Studying Tibetan Buddhism
Forging New Links: Lamas Assist Chinese Monks
Sichuan Laity Elicits Government Involvement
The Political Monk: Taixu
5. The Failure of Racial and Nationalist Ideologies (1928-1932)
The Politicization of Lamas� Roles in China
Secular Educational Institutions
Sino-Tibetan Secular Dialogue on Chinese Terms
Failed Rhetoric: Tibetan Autonomy Denied
6. The Merging of Secular and Religious Systems (1931-1935)
Renewed Sino-Tibetan Dialogue on Tibetan Terms
The Zenith of Tibetan Buddhist Activity in China
Political Propaganda Missions by Lamas
7. Linking Chinese and Tibetan Cultures (1934-1950s)
Hybridized Educational Institutions
The Indigenization of Tibetan Buddhism among the Chinese
Postscript: Thoughts on the Present and the Legacy of the Past
The Legacy of the Past
Echoes of Imperialism
Appendix 1: Institutions Associated with Tibetan Buddhism in China
Appendix 2: Correct Tibetan Spellings
