03405oam 22006374a 450 991087820080332120240508151249.09780295742533029574253410.1515/9780295742533(CKB)4930000000010300(MiAaPQ)EBC5548415(OCoLC)1006533269(MdBmJHUP)musev2_81693(DE-B1597)725401(DE-B1597)9780295742533(EXLCZ)99493000000001030020171012d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMany Faces of MulianThe Precious Scrolls of Late Imperial China /Rostislav Berezkin1st ed.Seattle :University of Washington Press,2017.©2017.1 online resource (xxiv, 248 pages)Modern language initiative books9780295742519 0295742518 Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreword / by Victor H. Mair -- Introduction -- Baojuan about Mulian and performance literature -- The Mulian story in Chinese literature -- An early example in baojuan -- Sectarian examples in Dizang baojuan and baojuan of benefiting living beings -- Beliefs and practices in sectarian baojuan -- Late examples in baojuan of three rebirths and precious account of Mulian -- The religious and performative context of late baojuan about Mulian -- Conclusion.The story of Mulian rescuing his mother’s soul from hell has evolved as a narrative over several centuries in China, especially in the baojuan (precious scrolls) genre. This genre, a prosimetric narrative in vernacular language, first appeared around the fourteenth century and endures as a living tradition. In exploring the evolution of the Mulian story, Rostislav Berezkin illuminates changes in the literary and religious characteristics of the genre. He also examines material from other forms of Chinese literature and from modern performances of baojuan, tracing their transformation from tools of Buddhist proselytizing to sectarian propaganda to folk ritualized storytelling. Ultimately, he reveals the special features of baojuan as a type of performance literature that had its foundations in multiple literary traditions.Folk drama, Chinesefast(OCoLC)fst00928796Bao juan (Buddhist song-tales)fast(OCoLC)fst00827224HISTORYAsiaChinabisacshLITERARY CRITICISMAsianGeneralbisacshFolk drama, ChineseHistory and criticismBao juan (Buddhist song-tales)History and criticismLegends.Criticism, interpretation, etc.Folk drama, Chinese.Bao juan (Buddhist song-tales)HISTORYLITERARY CRITICISMAsianGeneral.Folk drama, ChineseHistory and criticism.Bao juan (Buddhist song-tales)History and criticism.895.12/4Berëzkin R. V(Rostislav Vladimirovich),1982-1764757MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910878200803321Many Faces of Mulian4205871UNINA