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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456117603321

Autore

Idema W. L (Wilt L.)

Titolo

Judge Bao and the rule of law [[electronic resource] ] : eight ballad-stories from the period 1250-1450 / / Wilt L Idema

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore, : World Scientific, c2010

ISBN

1-282-75830-6

9786612758300

981-4277-58-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxv, 417 pages ) : illustrations (black and white)

Disciplina

895.1/24408

Soggetti

Chinese drama - Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368

Chinese drama - Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The following translations are, ... based on the critical edition ofthe ballad-stories by Zhu Yixuan in his Ming Chenghua shuochang cihua congkan of 1997"--P. xxxv.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-417).

Nota di contenuto

The Tale of the Early Career of Rescriptor Bao; Judge Bao Selling Rice in Chenzhou; The Tale of the Humane Ancestor Recognizing his Mother; Dragon-Design Bao Sentences the White Weretiger; Rescriptor Bao Decides the Case of the Weird Black Pot; The Tale of the Case of Dragon-Design Bao Sentencing the Emperor's Brothers-in-law Cao; The Tale of Zhang Wengui; The Story of how Shi Guanshou's Wife Liu Dusai on the Night of the Fifteenth, on Superior Prime, Watched the Lanterns, Part One: The Story of the Judgment Dragon-Design Bao in the Case of Prince Zhao and Sun Wenyi, Part Two.

Sommario/riassunto

These texts offer a reflection of the legend of Judge Bao in its earliest phase of development. Wilt Idema includes an extended introduction placing the ballad-stories in context with the development of the Judge Bao legend.