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Filial Piety and Its Divine Rewards - The Legend of Dong Yong and Weaving Maiden with Related Texts (Hardcover)
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Filial Piety and Its Divine Rewards - The Legend of Dong Yong and Weaving Maiden with Related Texts (Hardcover)
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Of the many ballads, tales, and plays extolling filial piety ( xiao
)--the foundational virtue of imperial China--none was more popular
in that era than the legend of Dong Yong and his heavenly helpmate,
Weaving Maiden. Continually revised and embellished over a
millennium, the tale's popularity remains, finding new expression
in Chinese film and opera in the twentieth century. The five
versions of the legend presented here, alongside a selection of
related texts, illustrate changing perceptions of xiao from the
tenth century through the first part of the twentieth in a variety
of genres. An appendix traces the development of the related legend
of Weaving Maiden and Buffalo Boy from myth to folktale. Wilt L.
Idema's Introduction traces the evolution of the central legend and
its significance in the history of Chinese popular culture.
Annotations explaining terms and references that may be unfamiliar
to Western readers, a glossary, and a comprehensive bibliography
further enhance the value of this book for both scholars and
students.
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