{"product_id":"tun-huang-popular-narratives-9780521039833","title":"Tun-Huang Popular Narratives","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Victor H. Mair\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Asian - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTun-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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47585967308951,"sku":"9780521039833","price":6890.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780521039833.webp?v=1774962235","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/tun-huang-popular-narratives-9780521039833","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}