China and beyond
Subtitle: a collection of essays
By: by Victor H. Mair ; compiled by Rebecca Shuang Fu...[et al.].
Contributors: Fu, Rebecca Shuang
Publisher: Cambria Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 506
ISBN-13: 9781604978902; 9781604978896
Subjects: Indic influences; Civilization; Foreign influences; Chinese literature; Buddhist influences; History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Scroll presentation in the T'ang Dynasty; title: The Sacred edict; title: Chiang-Ching Wen; title: India and China; title: The word *myag in Old Sinitic; title: Cheng Ch'iao's understanding of Sanskrit; title: Buddhism and the rise of the written vernacular; title: Southern bottle gourd (hu-lu); title: Ma jianzhong; title: Xie He's "Six laws" of painting and their Indian parallels; title: Horse sacrifices and sacred groves; title: What is Geyi, after all?