The Pitfalls of Piety for Married Women : : Two Precious Scrolls of the Ming Dynasty / / ed. by Wilt L. Idema.
The Pitfalls of Piety for Married Women shows how problematic the practice of Buddhist piety could be in late imperial China. Two thematically related "precious scrolls" (baojuan) from the Ming dynasty, The Precious Scroll of the Red Gauze and The Precious Scroll of the Handkerchief, illus...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chinese Dynasties
- Introduction
- The Precious Scroll, as Preached by the Buddha, of Little Huaxian: How Woman Yang as a Ghost Embroidered Red Gauze
- The Precious Scroll, as Preached by the Buddha, of the Handkerchief: How Wang Zhongqing Lost Everything
- Appendix: Early Materials on the Legend of Woman Huang
- Bibliography