Differentiating the Pearl from the Fish-Eye : Ouyang Jingwu and the Revival of Scholastic Buddhism
Subtitle: Ouyang Jingwu and the Revival of Scholastic Buddhism
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9789004437906
Subjects: Buddhism
Description: "In Differentiating the Pearl from the Fish-Eye, Eyal Aviv offers an account of Ouyang Jingwu (1871-1943), a leading intellectual who revived the Buddhist scholastic movement during the early Republican period in China. Ouyang believed that authentic Indian Buddhism was an alternative to the prevalent Chinese Buddhist doctrines of his time. Aviv shows how Ouyang's rhetoric of authenticity won the movement well-known admirers but also influential critics. This debate shaped modern intellectual history in China and has lost none of its relevancy today"--