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Eight Ballad-stories from the Period 1250-1450
Ch. 1. The tale of the early career of Rescriptor Bao -- ch. 2. Judge Bao selling rice in Chenzhou -- ch. 3. The tale of the humane ancestor recognizi...
Writing Women of Imperial China
One of the most exciting developments in the study of Chinese literature has been the rediscovery of a rich, diverse tradition of women's writing of t...
1379 - 1439
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Local Opera under the Revolution (1949â1956)
This volume is the most extensive social and cultural history of twentiethcentury Huangmei Opera to date. A regional Chinese theater originating in th...
The Formative Period
Two Precious Scroll Narratives of Guanyin and Her Acolytes
Description: The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara was a handsome prince when he entered China. As Guanyin, the bodhisattva was venerated from the eleventh c...
From Zhuangzi to Lu Xun
The early Chinese text Master Zhuang (Zhuangzi) is well known for its relativistic philosophy and colorful anecdotes. In the work, Zhuang Zhou ca. 300...
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 t...
The legend of Mulan -- the daughter who disguises herself as a man, dons her father's armour, and heads off to war in his place -- remains one of the ...
"West and Idema's Monks, Bandits, Lovers, and Immortals represents a milestone in the reception of early Chinese drama in the West. Not only do the tr...
Imagination and Cultural Confrontations
The Legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai: Four Versions with Related Texts
The late-imperial legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, the "Butterfly Lovers"--a story as central to Chinese culture as Shakespeare's Romeo and Jul...
Four Early Plays
This book offers a complete translation of four early plays of the Yang Family Generals. The story of the Yang Family Generals, particularly its femal...
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 dev...
Traditional Hakka Songs and Ballads
Translations from Chinese popular literature of the late-imperial and early republican periods are still very rare, and selections that are devoted to...
Local Opera Under the Revolution (1949-1956)
This volume is the most extensive social and cultural history of twentieth-century Huangmei Opera to date. A regional Chinese theater originating in t...
Papers Presented at the Conference Held in Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Sinological Institute of Leyden University, December 8-12, 1980