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Escape from Blood Pond Hell: The Tales of Mulian and Woman Huang(Escape from Blood Pond Hell)

Escape from Blood Pond Hell: The Tales of Mulian and Woman Huang(Escape from Blood Pond Hell)


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These translations of The Precious Scroll of the Three Lives of Mulian and Woman Huang Recites the Diamond Sutra are late-nineteenth-century examples of baojuan (literally, "precious scrolls"), a Chinese folk genre featuring alternating verse and prose that was used by monks to illustrate religious precepts for lay listeners. They represent only two of numerous versions, composed in a variety of genres, of these legends, which were once popular all over China. While the seeds of the Mulian legend, in which a man rescues his mother from hell, can be found in Indian Buddhist texts, the story of Woman Huang, who seeks her own salvation, appears to be indigenous to China.

With their graphic portrayals of the underworld; dramatization of Buddhist beliefs about death, salvation, and rebirth; and frank discussion of women's responsibility for sin, these texts provide detailed and powerful descriptions of popular religious beliefs and practices in late imperial China, especially as they relate to women.



Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments

Note on the Translations

Introduction

The Precious Scroll of the Three Lives of Mulian

Woman Huang Recites the Diamond Sutra

Notes

Glossary of Chinese Characters

Selected Bibliography



About the Author :

Beata Grant is professor of Chinese language and literature at Washington University, and author of Eminent Nuns: Woman Chan Masters of Seventeenth-Century China and coauthor of The Red Brush: Writing Women of Imperial China. Wilt L. Idema is professor of Chinese literature at Harvard University. His recent publications include Meng Jiangnü Brings Down the Great Wall: Ten Versions of a Chinese Legend and Heroines of Jiangyong: Chinese Narrative Ballads in Women's Script.



Review :
"Grant and Idema's book is a valuable addition to the all too small body of translations of Chinese popular religious texts. The compelling narratives show clearly the modifications Buddhist teachings underwent to make them more appealing to Chinese audiences." David Johnson, author of Spectacle and Sacrifice : The Ritual Foundations of Village Life in North China


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780295991207
  • Publisher: University of Washington Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Washington Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 368
  • Sub Title: The Tales of Mulian and Woman Huang
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0295991208
  • Publisher Date: 01 Dec 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Escape from Blood Pond Hell
  • Weight: 476 gr


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