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      The Kitchen God and His Wives

      The Kitchen God and His Wives is a modern folk epic on the origin of the Stove God, widely venerated across China. In this tale, the Stove God (or Kitchen…

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      The Kitchen God and His Wives

      The Kitchen God and His Wives is a modern folk epic on the origin of the Stove God, widely venerated across China. In this tale, the Stove God (or Kitchen…

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      A Historical Taxonomy of Talking Birds in Chinese Literature

      Wilt L. Idema

      Parrots and mynahs have played a unique role in Chinese literature for two millennia. In this wide-ranging thematic study Wilt L. Idema traces the development of the parrot and the…

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      Filial Piety and Its Divine Rewards: The Legend of Dong Yong and Weaving Maiden with Related Text

      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…

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      Meng Jiangnu Brings Down the Great Wall: Ten Versions of a Chinese Legend

      Tells the story of a young woman named Meng Jiang who makes a long, solitary journey to deliver winter clothes to her husband, a drafted labourer on the grandiose Great…

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      Insects in Chinese Literature: A Study and Anthology

      Wilt L Idema

      This is the first comprehensive study and translation into English of Chinese literary works dealing with insects.

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      Heroines of Jiangyong: Chinese Narrative Ballads in Women’s Script

      Presents a glimpse into Chinese folk literature through translated verses secretly written by the oppressed village women of Hunan, who bravely scribed their stories, in their own words.

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      Heroines of Jiangyong: Chinese Narrative Ballads in Women’s Script

      Presents a glimpse into Chinese folk literature through translated verses secretly written by the oppressed village women of Hunan, who bravely scribed their stories, in their own words.

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      Two Centuries of Manchu Women Poets: An Anthology

      This anthology presents substantial selections from the work of twenty Manchu women poets of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The poems, inspired by their daily life and reflections, provide fascinating…

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      The Pitfalls of Piety for Married Women: Two Precious Scrolls of the Ming Dynasty

      This book presents full translations of two precious scrolls (baojuan) of the Ming dynasty: The Precious Scroll of the Red Gauze (Hongluo baojuan) and The Precious Scroll of the Handkerchief…

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      Two Centuries of Manchu Women Poets: An Anthology

      This anthology presents substantial selections from the work of twenty Manchu women poets of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The poems, inspired by their daily life and reflections, provide fascinating…

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      Personal Salvation and Filial Piety: Two Precious Scroll Narratives of Guanyin and Her Acolytes

      As Guanyin, the bodhisattva was venerated from the eleventh century onward in the shape of a beautiful woman who became a universal savior. In one tale, Guanyin (as the princess…

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      Personal Salvation and Filial Piety: Two Precious Scroll Narratives of Guanyin and Her Acolytes

      Offers a fully annotated translation of The Precious Scroll, based on a nineteenth-century edition. The translation is preceded by an introduction that discusses the origin of the text and the…

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      Books in Numbers

      Presents a collection of papers taken from an academic conference entitled Books in Numbers held in celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Harvard-Yenching Library. The aim of this conference…

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      The Immortal Maiden Equal to Heaven and Other Precious Scrolls from Western Gansu

      Wilt L Idema (Harvard University)

      Translation of six precious scrolls from Chinese into English.

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      Meng Jiangnu Brings Down the Great Wall: Ten Versions of a Chinese Legend

      Haiyan Lee

      Tells the story of a young woman named Meng Jiang who makes a long, solitary journey to deliver winter clothes to her husband, a drafted labourer on the grandiose Great…

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      Escape from Blood Pond Hell: The Tales of Mulian and Woman Huang

      Provides detailed and powerful descriptions of popular religious beliefs and practices in late imperial China

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      Mulan: Five Versions of a Classic Chinese Legend, with Related Texts

      The legend of Mulan remains one of the most popular Chinese folktales despite (or because of) its lack of supernatural demonstrations or interventions. In addition to a translation of the…

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      The Emperor of China in a House of Ill Repute

      Pu Songling

      A novelistic version of a love affair between a notorious emperor and an innocent courtesan, The Emperor of China in a House of Ill Repute enjoyed remarkable popularity throughout the…

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      Escape from Blood Pond Hell: The Tales of Mulian and Woman Huang

      Provides detailed and powerful descriptions of popular religious beliefs and practices in late imperial China

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      Mouse vs. Cat in Chinese Literature: Tales and Commentary

      In literatures worldwide, animal fables have been analyzed for their revealingly anthropomorphic views, but until now little attention has been given to the animal tales of China. The complex, competitive…

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      Mouse vs. Cat in Chinese Literature: Tales and Commentary

      In literatures worldwide, animal fables have been analyzed for their revealingly anthropomorphic views, but until now little attention has been given to the animal tales of China. The complex, competitive…

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      The Red Brush: Writing Women of Imperial China

      Wilt L. Idema,Beata Grant

      Offers a glimpse of women’s writings not only in poetry but in other genre as well, including essays and letters, drama, religious writing, and narrative fiction.

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      The Legend of Prince Golden Calf in China and Korea

      This book is an important addition to our knowledge of Chinese folklore, Sino-Korean cultural relations, and the adaptation of legends in oral and religious traditions.

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      Records of the Three Kingdoms in Plain Language

      Wilt L. Idema

      The saga of the Three Kingdoms – which recounts the dramatic story of the civil wars (c. 180220 CE) that divided the old Han Empire into the Shu, Wei, and…

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      Records of the Three Kingdoms in Plain Language

      Wilt L. Idema

      Translated into English for the first time here, the Sanguozhi pinghua Romance ( Sanguo yanyi )-and beautifully rendered in this edition by two modern-day masters of the art of Chinese…

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      The Story of the Western Wing

      Shi-fu Wang

      A play that chronicles the adventures of the star-crossed lovers Oriole and Student Zhang. It is suitable for students of Chinese cultural and literary traditions.

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      Trauma and Transcendence in Early Qing Literature

      The collapse of the Ming dynasty and the Manchu conquest of China were traumatic experiences for Chinese intellectuals. The 12 chapters in this volume and the introductory essays on early…

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