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The Legend of Miaoshan (Oxford Oriental Monographs)

By Glen Dudbridge

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2004
ISBN
0199266719, 9780199266715
LCC
BQ5775.C62 D83 2004
Open Library ID
OL22576896M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9294291 bytes)
Edition
Revised
Pages
170\170
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

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.

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