02884nam 2200625Ia 450 991045802480332120200520144314.01-280-83826-40-19-151479-91-4294-6941-2(CKB)1000000000396128(EBL)422559(OCoLC)476257990(SSID)ssj0000084414(PQKBManifestationID)11120812(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084414(PQKBWorkID)10185415(PQKB)11109413(MiAaPQ)EBC422559(Au-PeEL)EBL422559(CaPaEBR)ebr10266514(CaONFJC)MIL83826(EXLCZ)99100000000039612820031212d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe legend of Miaoshan[electronic resource] /Glen DudbridgeRev. ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20041 online resource (170 p.)Oxford Oriental monographsPrevious ed.: London: Ithaca, 1978.0-19-926671-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-154) and index.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; IndexThe 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. - ;In Chinese legend, the princess Miaoshan defied her father by refusing to marry, and pursued her austere religious vocation to the death, but retuOxford Oriental monographs.Miaoshan (Legendary character)Buddhist legendsChinaElectronic books.Miaoshan (Legendary character)Buddhist legends294.3/4213294.34211Dudbridge Glen646371MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458024803321The legend of Miaoshan2153410UNINA