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Tun-huang Popular Narratives presents authoritative translations of four vernacular Chinese stories, taken from fragmentary texts usually referred to as pien-wen or 'transformation texts'. Dating from the late T'ang (618–907) and Five Dynasties (907–959) periods, the texts were discovered early last century in a cave at Tun-huang, in Chinese Central Asia. However, written down in an early colloquial language by semi-literate individuals and posing formidable philological problems, the texts have not been studied critically before. Nevertheless they represent the only surviving primary evidence of a widespread and flourishing world of popular entertainment during these centuries. The tales deal with both religious (mostly Buddhist) and secular themes, and make exciting and vivid reading.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Tun-huang Popular Narratives
• Author: Victor H. Mair
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 340
• EAN: 9780521247610
• ISBN: 0521247616
• ID: 02025895
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 621 g
• Dimensions: 242 × 161 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 10. November 1983

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