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<p>Yogacara and Tathagatagarbha are often regarded as antagonistic Indian Buddhist traditions. Paramartha (499-569) is traditionally credited with amalgamating these philosophies by translating one of the most influential Tathagatagarbha texts in East Asia, the <i>Awakening of Faith in Mahayana</i>, and introducing Tathagatagarbha notions into his translations of Yogacara texts. <br><br>Engaging with the digitalized Chinese Buddhist canon, Ching Keng draws on clues from a long-lost Dunhuang fragment and considers its striking similarities with Paramartha's corpus with respect to terminology, style of phrasing, and doctrines. In this cutting-edge interpretation of the concept of <i>jiexing</i>, Keng demystifies the image of Paramartha and makes the case that the fragment holds the key to recover his original teachings</p>