Three Decades' Reworking on the Monk, the Monkey, and the Fiction of Allegory
The article looks at the fourth volume of the book "The Journey to the West" by Anthony C. Yu which is a translation of a classic Chinese novel. Topics mentioned include a discussion on the historical and literary antecedents of the book, an overview of the three levels of reading the nove...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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University of Chicago Press
2016
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| Dans: |
The journal of religion
Année: 2016, Volume: 96, Numéro: 1, Pages: 102-121 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
CHINESE novelists
B Buddhism B REDEMPTION in Christianity B YU, Anthony C., 1938-2015 B JOURNEY to the West (Book) |
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| Résumé: | The article looks at the fourth volume of the book "The Journey to the West" by Anthony C. Yu which is a translation of a classic Chinese novel. Topics mentioned include a discussion on the historical and literary antecedents of the book, an overview of the three levels of reading the novel, namely as a tale of physical travel, Buddhist karma, and allegory of Daoist alchemical self-cultivation, and redemption as the central religious issue of the novel. |
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| ISSN: | 1549-6538 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/683988 |