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The Pitfalls of Piety for Married Women - Two Precious Scrolls of the Ming Dynasty (Hardcover)
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The Pitfalls of Piety for Married Women - Two Precious Scrolls of the Ming Dynasty (Hardcover)
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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, illustrate the difficulties faced by
women whose religious devotion conflicted with the demands of
marriage and motherhood. These two previously untranslated texts
tell the stories of married women whose piety causes them to be
separated from their husbands and children. While these women labor
far away, their children are cruelly abused by murderous
stepmothers. Following many adventures, the families are reunited
by divine intervention and the evil stepmothers get their just
deserts. While the texts in The Pitfalls of Piety for Married Women
praise Buddhist piety, they also reveal many problems concerning
married women and mothers. Wilt L. Idema's translations are
preceded by an introduction that places these scrolls in the
context of Ming dynasty performative literature, vernacular
literature, and popular religion. Set in a milieu of rich
merchants, the texts provide a unique window to family life of the
time, enriching our understanding of gender during the Ming
dynasty. These popular baojuan offer rare insights into lay
religion and family dynamics of the Ming dynasty, and their
original theme and form enrich our understanding of the various
methods of storytelling that were practiced at the time.
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