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- English
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Ballads and Stories from Tun-huang
About this book
First published in 1960.Over a century ago the Chinese discovered in a sealed-up cave in the west of China a collection of manuscripts dating from the fifth century to the end of the tenth. These included many specimens of popular literature of a kind that was not previously known to exist. Although the find was made long ago, only two or three of these pieces had been translated before. Arthur Waley here translates, whole or as extracts, twenty-six pieces, making an invaluable addition to world literature.
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Index
Aborigines, pottery of, 134
Ainu epics, 239
Akiyama, T., 242
Akshobya (The Buddha of the East), 110
Analects, 67, 69, 89, 94, 118
Ānanda (brother or cousin of Buddha), 207 seq.
Archaeology, 237
Aucassin et Nicolette, 249
Avadāna Śataka, 216
Avalambana, 216
Avīci Hell, 217 seq.
Axle Box, 218
Bamboo-joints, horsemen on, 53
Bird fables, 252
Black crone (i.e. the swallow), 19
Blood-bowl, 133, 228
Bodhisattva, 106, 114
Bondage, 161
Boys, the Two, 156, 170, 223
Brahma, 215
Bridegroom’s prayer, 162
British Museum, 89, 237
Buddha, 20 and passim (see also Śākyamuni, the Tathāgata, Gautama)
Buddha, life of, 203 seq.
Buddhas of the Ten Quarters, 103 seq.
Buddhism, persecutions of, 74
Buddhist scriptures, popular expositions of, 241
Candle-jade, name of a sword, 52
Catch-tiger (Han Ch’in-hu), 74 seq.
Causes and Effects, the Twelve, 119
chai, 202
Chan-t‘an, 97, 123
Chang, old, 53
Chang, Prefect of Wu-hsi, 126 seq.
Chang Hu, 245
Chang I-ch’ao, 250
Chang Po-ta, 178
Ch’ang-an, 125 seq., 166 seq., 202
Ch’ang-lo post-station, 76
Chao, king of Ch’u, 45
Chao Tun, 253
Chao Yen-tzu, 174 seq.
Chavannes, E., 256
Ch‘en Shu-pao (The King of Ch‘en), 80, 82
Ch‘en-liu, 178
Cheng, land of, 25 seq.
Cheng-fu, 56 seq.
Chester Miracle Plays, 203
Ch‘eng-fu hsien, 45
Ch*eng-tu, 136 seq., 242
Chi, land of, 71
Chi Liang, 147
Chi Pu, 247 seq.
Chi Shih-lao...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title Page
- CHINA: HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, ECONOMICS
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Title Page
- Original Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Preface
- Contents
- ONE The Swallow and the Sparrow
- TWO Wu Tzu-hsü
- THREE The Crown Prince
- FOUR The Story of Catch-tiger
- FIVE The Story of Hui-yüan
- SIX The Wizard Yeh Ching-neng
- SEVEN Meng Chiang-nü
- EIGHT The World of the Dead
- NINE Marriage Songs
- TEN The Buddhist Pieces
- ELEVEN Mu-lien Rescues His Mother
- AFTERWORD
- APPENDIX I Dated Manuscripts
- NOTES AND REFERENCES
- INDEX