{"product_id":"tun-huang-popular-narratives-victor-h-mair-9780521039833","title":"Tun-Huang Popular Narratives","description":"Tun-huang Popular Narratives presents authoritative translations of four vernacular Chinese stories, taken from fragmentary texts usually referred to as pien-wen or 'transformation texts'. Dating from the late T'ang (618-907) and Five Dynasties (907-959) periods, the texts were discovered early last century in a cave at Tun-huang, in Chinese Central Asia. However, written down in an early colloquial language by semi-literate individuals and posing formidable philological problems, the texts have not been studied critically before. Nevertheless they represent the only surviving primary evidence of a widespread and flourishing world of popular entertainment during these centuries. The tales deal with both religious (mostly Buddhist) and secular themes, and make exciting and vivid reading.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victor H. Mair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521039835\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521039833\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.71d","brand":"Victor H. Mair","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119776067839,"sku":"9780521039833","price":63.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3b59fbdf-efe6-4b14-ab65-e90f14becfb6.jpg?v=1687410882","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tun-huang-popular-narratives-victor-h-mair-9780521039833","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}