The Legend of Miaoshan

ISBN-13: 9780199266715 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 176 str.

Glen Dudbridge

Opis

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 fulfillment and the imperatives of family duty. This is a new edition of the first full study of this important and influential Chinese legend.

Recenzje

The author not only organizes and presents a wealth of detail in such a way as to make the book a joy to read, he also puts it in perspective by placing the legend in its larger historical, literary, social and religious context, all the while presenting a roadmap for future scholars to examine local variations and specific conditions of the legend in text and performance.

O autorze

Glen Dudbridge is Shaw Professor of Chinese, University of Oxford