The Legend of Miaoshan
, by Dudbridge, GlenNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780199266715 | 0199266719
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 4/15/2004
The tale of a devout Buddhist girl who separates from her family and through suffering and death finally achieves divine status is a myth of religious celibacy, of filial piety, and of ritual salvation of the dead. It also presents a major symbol of the tension in women's lives between individual spiritual fulfillment and the imperatives of family duty. This is a new edition of the first full study of this important and influential Chinese legend.