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| Autore: |
Dudbridge Glen
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| Titolo: |
The legend of Miaoshan / / Glen Dudbridge
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
| Edizione: | Rev. ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (170 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 294.3/4213 |
| 294.34211 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Miaoshan (Legendary character) |
| Buddhist legends - China | |
| Note generali: | Previous ed.: London: Ithaca, 1978. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-154) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In Chinese legend, the princess Miaoshan defied her father by refusing to marry and pursued her austere religious vocation to the death, but returned to life to be his saviour and the saviour of all mankind. This work examines sources, development and a range of interpretations of the legend. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The legend of Miaoshan |
| ISBN: | 9781383040937 |
| 1383040931 | |
| 9781280838262 | |
| 1280838264 | |
| 9780191514791 | |
| 0191514799 | |
| 9781429469418 | |
| 1429469412 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910965948903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Oxford Oriental monographs.