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Title: |
Record of the Listener |
| Sub-title: |
Selected Stories from Hong Mai's Yijian Zhi |
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| By (author): |
Hong Mai Edited and translated by: Cong Ellen Zhang |
| ISBN10-13: |
162466685X : 9781624666858 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
215.9x139.7mm |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Weight: |
.311 Kg. |
| Published: |
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. - March 2018 |
| List Price: |
48.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 5 |
| Subjects: |
Anthologies (non-poetry) : Literary studies: general : Asian history : China |
"Scholars who know classical Chinese have been reading and citing Hon Mai's wonderful collection for many years. Now students can access these informative materials through Zhang's lively English translations. They are both fun to read and deeply informative about daily life, religion, markets, and multiple social groups in the twelfth century. The comprehensive thematic guide allows readers to locate tales by subject matter, making this collection of 100 narratives ideal for classroom use."
â Valerie Hansen, Yale University |
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"With these selections and translations from hong Mai's Record of the Listener , Zhang discloses, for the very first time to anglophone students and scholars, the variety and complexity of late medieval Chinese society. . . . Here we see representations of all social classes and occupations and all religious vocations—Buddhist monks, Daoist priests, Confucian literati, diviners, and mediums—as they interact to resolve familial tensions, realize their personal aspirations, and gain control over both their lives and their afterlives. . . . Zhang provides an extensive and lucid Introduction to Hong Mai and the Song Dynasty, as well as a unique thematic index that will allow teacher and student to cross-reference all the stories and reconstruct a picture of Chinese society in the twelfth century in far greater detail than is possible for any other medieval society, east or west. Brava!" —Edward L. Davis, University of Hawai'i
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"This readable and reliable translation of 100 selected narratives from Hong Mai's Yijian Zhi is ideal for courses in Chinese history or religion. Some of the best medieval Chinese ghost stories are around in these pages." —Paul R. Goldin, University of Pennsylvania
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