The Precious Scroll of Liu Xiang: Late Ming Roots and Late Qing Proliferation
Though Liu Xiang baojuan 劉香寶卷 has been widely used as a source for images of women’s religious lives in late imperial China, few studies have looked closely at the text on its own or its literary history and contexts. With roots in late Ming lay Buddhism, as one of the most widely reprinted baojuan...
| Published in: | Journal of Chinese religions |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2021
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Journal of Chinese religions
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Liu Xiang baojuan
/ Buddhist literature
/ Text history
/ History 1600-1900
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
劉香寶卷
B Chinese Buddhist literature B Baojuan B precious scrolls B 寶卷 B Liu Xiang baojuan B 說唱文學 B 佛教文學 B 民間故事 B 宗教說唱文學 B 民間宗教 B popular religious literature B religious performance literature |
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| Summary: | Though Liu Xiang baojuan 劉香寶卷 has been widely used as a source for images of women’s religious lives in late imperial China, few studies have looked closely at the text on its own or its literary history and contexts. With roots in late Ming lay Buddhism, as one of the most widely reprinted baojuan in late Qing Jiangnan, to say nothing of its representation in other performance genres in Jiangnan and beyond extending into the Republican period, this story complex deserves focused study. In this article, I explore the tale’s history from the late Ming through the late Qing in order to lay the groundwork for future close readings of the narrative itself. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-8999 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Chinese religions
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