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Author Dudbridge, Glen, author.

Title The legend of Miaoshan / Glen Dudbridge.

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
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Edition Revised edition
Description 1 online resource (viii, 159 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.
Series Oxford Oriental monographs
Oxford Oriental monographs.
Note Previous edition published as: The legend of Miao-shan. London: Ithaca, 1978.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- The Guanyin cult at Xiangshan monastery -- The original story -- Versions of the story to 1500 -- The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- Anatomy of the story -- Interpretations -- Appendix A: The Xiangshan monastery inscription -- Appendix B: The versions by Zuxiu and Juelian -- Appendix C: The mythical Oxford exhibition -- Appendix D: Table of names and features in the story.
Note Print version record.
Language Appendix A: Jian Zhiqi's inscription in Chinese; Appendix B is the English translation.
Subject Avalokiteśvara (Buddhist deity) -- Cult -- China.
Miaoshan (Legendary character)
Legends -- China.
Avalokiteśvara (Buddhist deity) -- Cult. (OCoLC)fst00824275
Legends. (OCoLC)fst00995592
Miaoshan (Legendary character) (OCoLC)fst01019318
China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
FICTION / General.
Added Author Dudbridge, Glen. Legend of Miao-shan.
Other Form: Print version: Dudbridge, Glen. Legend of Miaoshan. Rev. ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004 0199266719 9780199266715 (OCoLC)53963005
ISBN 9781429469418 (electronic bk.)
1429469412 (electronic bk.)
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