Buddhism and Deconstruction Towards a Comparative Semiotics

This is a semiotic study of a corpus of texts that Kumarajva (344-413 CE), Paramartha (499~569 CE) and Xuanzang (599~664 CE) transmitted from India to China, featuring a critical reading of the Dazhidu Lun (T1509, Maha-Prajnaparamita-upadeaa-Aastra), San Wuxing Lun (T1617, Try-asvabhava-prakara.na), and Guangbai Lun (T1571, Catu.haataka-aastra-karika). Focusing its attention on the Mahayana Buddhist notion of samata, it identifies a Buddhist semiotics which anticipates Derrida's invocation of the notion of the Same in his deconstruction of binary oppositions.Wang, Youxuan is the author of 'Buddhism and Deconstruction Towards a Comparative Semiotics' with ISBN 9780700713868 and ISBN 0700713867.