Dunhuang Literary Documents Manuscript Collection

Author: Fu Junlian
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This book is the culmination of the author's years of dedication to the study of Dunhuang literary manuscripts. It covers the following aspects: a comparative analysis of over thirty copies of the Classic of Poetry; the dating of the manuscript fragments of the Annotations to the Selections and their unique features; the connotation, evolution, and stylistic characteristics of early Chinese narrative arts such as picture-reading storytelling, folk lectures, and narrative recitations, as well as the development of folk rhymed prose, storytelling texts, transformation texts, and colloquial narrative fiction. The focus is on folk rhymed prose: the textual authentication of folk rhymed prose manuscripts, the exploration of its origins and literary significance, and the discussion of its structural forms and aesthetic value. The book also dedicates a significant portion to reviewing, summarizing, and supplementing the previous scholars' efforts in collating Dunhuang folk rhymed prose.