Dunhuang Literary Documents--New Journal of Chinese and Historical Studies

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 studying Dunhuang literary documents. It covers the following aspects:
Comparative studies of over thirty manuscripts of the Classic of Poetry;
The manuscript era and unique features of the Annotations to the Selections;
The connotation, evolution, and stylistic characteristics of early Chinese storytelling arts such as picture-reading, folk lectures, and narrative recitations, as well as the development of folk rhymed prose, lecture texts, transformation texts, and spoken storytelling novels.
The book focuses on folk rhymed prose: the textual authentication of folk rhymed prose manuscripts, the origin and literary significance of folk rhymed prose, and discussions on its form and aesthetic value.
Additionally, the book dedicates a significant portion to reviewing, summarizing, and supplementing the previous scholars' achievements in collating Dunhuang folk rhymed prose.