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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.
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.
Price: $192.00
Pages: 214
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
20 August 2020
ISBN: 9789004437906
Format: Hardcover
Differentiating the Pearl from the Fish-Eye makes a crucial contribution to the field. This groundbreaking book focuses on Ouyang’s
Buddhist scholasticism but also goes beyond. It stands at the intersection of Yogācāra studies,Buddhist philosophy, Buddhist modernism, and
modern Confucianism, and is, therefore, of great importance to scholars who work in these fields. -Jingjing Li, Leiden University in H-Buddhism (Sept. 2021)
Eyal Aviv, Ph.D. (2008), George Washington University, is an Assistant Professor at the Departments of Religion and the Honors program. He has published articles on Ouyang Jingwu and on many other aspects of modern Buddhism in China. He is also interested in the reception of Indian Buddhist Philosophy in China.