02891nam 2200673Ia 450 99624814140331620230816234941.01-383-04093-11-280-83826-40-19-151479-91-4294-6941-22027/heb04228(CKB)1000000000396128(EBL)422559(OCoLC)476257990(SSID)ssj0000084414(PQKBManifestationID)11120812(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084414(PQKBWorkID)10185415(PQKB)11109413(Au-PeEL)EBL422559(CaPaEBR)ebr10266514(CaONFJC)MIL83826(dli)HEB04228(MiU)MIU01000000000000005549877(MiAaPQ)EBC422559(EXLCZ)99100000000039612820031212d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdacontentcrrdacarrierThe legend of Miaoshan /Glen DudbridgeRev. ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20041 online resource (170 pages)Oxford Oriental monographsOxford 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.Oxford Oriental monographs.Miaoshan (Legendary character)Buddhist legendsChinaMiaoshan (Legendary character)Buddhist legends294.3/4213294.34211Dudbridge Glen646371MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996248141403316The legend of Miaoshan2153410UNISA