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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 |
| Sumario: | 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 distorted and mixed with fiction. Wang Ze's real-life lieutenants show up as a comical peddler and a mysterious Daoist priest. A celebrated warrior takes part in the rebellion despite having died seventeen years earlier. Although the novel follows the traditional format for an extended narrative, it is an arrangement of self-contained vernacular stories. Although the Wang Ze rebellion took place during the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127), ultimately this book is the story of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) in Song masquerade. It calls attention to the social unrest, even anarchy, caused by the rising power and influence of movements like The White Lotus Society and warns of the Ming's downfall unless such groups are contained. In this, the novel proved to be a prescient voice: The Ming collapsed as the result of a central authority weakened by mass sectarian uprisings. |
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| Notas: | Romanized. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 299 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-299). |
| ISBN: | 9780824860707 0824860705 |