The Legend of Miaoshan : Revised Edition.

The Legend of Miaoshan : Revised Edition.

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 individu...

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Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford : Oxford University Press, UK, 2004.
Schriftenreihe:Oxford Oriental monographs.
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Miaoshan > (Legendary character)
Buddhist legends > China.
Buddhist legends
China
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Zusammenfassung: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 fulfilment and the imperatives of family duty. This is a new edition of the first full study of this important and influential Chinese legend. - ;In Chinese legend, the princess Miaoshan defied her father by refusing to marry, and pursued her austere religious vocation to the death, but retu.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (170 pages)
ISBN:9780191514791
0191514799
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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