Though Timothy Richard is a Christian missionary to China,his response to Mahayana Buddhism aims at neither the conversion of the Chinese Buddhists to Christianity nor the justification of Western colonialism. On the contrary, he aims at building up the friendship and cooperation between Christians and Buddhists in the fight against militarism and the establishment of world peace and justice. Unlike many of his contemporaries,Richard regarded Mahayana Buddhism as a higher Buddhism rather than a distortion of Buddhism. Instead of highlighting the superiority of the West through stereotyping the contrast between the East and the West,Richard emphasized the similarities and historical interactions between Christianity and Mahayana Buddhism. Richards response to Mahayana Buddhism can be said to be a counterexample challenging the theory of Orientalism articulated by Edward Said.
收稿日期: 2010-04-27
出版日期: 2010-04-27
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