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The three Sui quash the demons' revolt : a comic novel /
This novel tells the story of the uprising of adherents of the Maitreya Buddha led by Wang Ze in 1047-1048. Wang Ze was eventually executed and all future heterodox activity outlawed. Paradoxically, this book treats the rebellion as an occasion for slapstick, baggy-pants humor in which facts are dis...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Chino |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
©2010.
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| Colección: | UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- The pawnbroker Moneybags Hu gets the magic painting
- Hu Yong'er goes to buy steamed cakes in a snowstorm
- Hu Yong'er conjures up cash and rice
- Hu Yong'er changes straw into horses
- The daughter of Moneybags Hu marries Idiot Boy
- Hu Yong'er conjures up a hideous face at the inn
- Bu Ji encounters Auntie Sheng in the Octagonal well
- Zhang Luan rescues Bu Ji in the woods
- Zuo, the lame priest, buys steamed cakes and hoodwinks Ren Qian
- The lame priest enters the belly of the Buddha in the Burial Mound Temple
- The Pellet Priest bilks Grand Commandant Bighearted Wang
- His Excellency Bao orders the capture of the demon priest
- Yong'er sells mud candles to gain the attention of Wang Ze
- Zuo, the lame priest, hands out cash and rice to muster an army
- The lame priest rescues Wang Ze and disables his captors
- Wang Ze leads the people of Beizhou in rebellion
- Wen Yanbo leads troops to conquer Beizhou
- Beizhou City carves up the demons
- A Fantastic History San Sui ping yao zhuan Reconsidered
- Appendix A. Early Historical and Anecdotal Materials Pertaining to the Wang Ze Rebellion
- Appendix B.A Note on the Possible Identity of Wang Shenxiu.