Tun-huang Popular Narratives

By:

Victor H Mair

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Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature & Institutions

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Tun-huang Popular Narratives presents authoritative translations of four vernacular Chinese stories, taken from fragmentary texts usually referred to as pien-wen or 'transformation texts'. Dating from the late T'ang (618-907) and Five Dynasties (907-959) periods, the texts were discovered early this century in a cave at Tun-huang, in Chinese Central Asia. However, written down in an early colloquial language by semi-literate individuals and posing formidable philological problems, the texts have not been studied critically before. Nevertheless they represent the only surviving primary evidence of a widespread and flourishing world of popular entertainment during these centuries. The tales deal with both religious (mostly Buddhist) and secular themes, and make exciting and vivid reading.

Release date Australia

November 10th, 1983

Author

Victor H Mair

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

340

Series

Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature & Institutions

Dimensions

161x242x24

ISBN-13

9780521247610

Product ID

1970312

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