Judge Bao and the rule of law : eight ballad-stories from the period 1250-1450 / Wilt L Idema.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Idema, W. L. (Wilt L.)

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese drama--Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368--Translations into English.

Chinese drama.

Chinese drama--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644--Translations into English.

Bao, Zheng, 999-1062--In literature.

Bao, Zheng.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxv, 417 pages ) illustrations (black and white)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : World Scientific, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These texts offer a reflection of the legend of Judge Bao in its earliest phase of development. Wilt Idema includes an extended introduction placing the ballad-stories in context with the development of the Judge Bao legend.

Contents:

The Tale of the Early Career of Rescriptor Bao; Judge Bao Selling Rice in Chenzhou; The Tale of the Humane Ancestor Recognizing his Mother; Dragon-Design Bao Sentences the White Weretiger; Rescriptor Bao Decides the Case of the Weird Black Pot; The Tale of the Case of Dragon-Design Bao Sentencing the Emperor's Brothers-in-law Cao; The Tale of Zhang Wengui; The Story of how Shi Guanshou's Wife Liu Dusai on the Night of the Fifteenth, on Superior Prime, Watched the Lanterns, Part One: The Story of the Judgment Dragon-Design Bao in the Case of Prince Zhao and Sun Wenyi, Part Two.

Notes:

"The following translations are, ... based on the critical edition ofthe ballad-stories by Zhu Yixuan in his Ming Chenghua shuochang cihua congkan of 1997"--P. xxxv.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-417).

ISBN:

9786612758300

9781282758308

1282758306

9789814277587

9814277584

OCLC:

681549381