The Lives of Chinese Objects

The Lives of Chinese ObjectsThis is the biography of a set of rare Buddhist statues from China. Their extraordinary adventures take them from the Buddhist temples of fifteenth century Putuo Chinas most important pilgrimage island to their seizure by a British soldier in the First Opium War in the early 1840s, and on to a starring role in the Great Exhibition of 1851. In the 1850s, they moved in and out of dealers and antiquarian collections, arriving in 1867 at Liverpool Museum.

The book investigates the Buddhist Scholastic theory and use of scripture

and on their experiences with the process and prospects of developing good theory

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Specifically discussed is how Neoplatonism relates to contemporary science and contemporary philosophy

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creating an engrossing narrative that both entertains and amazes