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UNISA996248141403316 |
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Autore |
Dudbridge Glen |
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Titolo |
The legend of Miaoshan / / Glen Dudbridge |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-383-04093-1 |
1-280-83826-4 |
0-19-151479-9 |
1-4294-6941-2 |
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Edizione |
[Rev. ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (170 pages) |
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Collana |
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Oxford Oriental monographs |
Oxford oriental monographs |
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Soggetti |
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Miaoshan (Legendary character) |
Buddhist legends - China |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previous ed.: London: Ithaca, 1978. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-154) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The Guanyin Cult at Xiangshan Monastery; 3. The Original Story; 4. Versions of the Story to 1500; 5. The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries; 6. Anatomy of the Story; 7. Interpretations; Appendix A: The Xiangshan Monastery Inscription of 1100; Appendix B: The Versions by Zuxiu and Juelian; Appendix C: The Mythical Oxford Exhibition; Appendix D: Table of Names and Features in the Story; List of Works Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The tale of a devout Buddhist girl who separates from her family and through suffering and death finally achieves divine status is a myth of religious celibacy, of filial piety, and of ritual salvation of the dead. It also presents a major symbol of the tension in women's lives between individual spiritual fulfilment and the imperatives of family duty. This is a new edition of the first full study of this important and influential Chinese legend. |
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