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A historical taxonomy of talking birds in Chinese literature / Wilt L. Idema.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Idema, W. L. (Wilt L.), author.
- Series:
- Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 144.
- Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 144
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese literature--History and criticism.
- Chinese literature.
- Parrots in literature.
- Birds in literature.
- Talking birds--China--Religious aspects.
- Talking birds.
- Chinese literature--Translations into English.
- Buddhist literature, Chinese--Translations into English.
- Buddhist literature, Chinese.
- Chinese literature--Themes, motives.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 297 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massacusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, [2025]
- Language Note:
- English; some words and phrases in Chinese.
- Contents:
- Captured Birds and Frustrated Talent: From Earliest Times to the Early Third Century
- Selected texts
- Mi Heng, "Rhapsody on the Parrot"
- Cao Zhi, "Rhapsody on the Parrot"
- Exotic Cockatoos and Foreign Tales: Third to Sixth Centuries
- Buddhist Parrot Tales
- "The Grateful Parrot"
- The Parrot That Escaped by Fasting"
- "The Parrot That Feigned Death"
- "The Parrot King and the Buddha"
- "The Two Parrots and the Monkey"
- "The Parrot Chosen as King"
- "The Filial Parrot"
- "The Preaching Parrot"
- At the Palace and in the Boudoir; at the Bordello and in Religion: Seventh to Tenth Centuries
- Wang Wei, "Rhapsody on the White Parrot
- Anonymous, "Dayao's Crested Mynah"
- Niu Sengru, "Liu Guishun"
- Abiding Loyalty and Filial Piety: Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries
- Selected text
- Anonymous, The Tale of the Parrot's Filial Piety
- Parrots as Desire, as Allegory, and as Prop: Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries
- Anonymous, The Precious Scroll of the Parrot
- Treasure and Go-Between, Entertainer and Statesman: Late Nineteenth to Early Twentieth Century
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781684177011 (electronic bk.)
- 1684177014 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 90105084056
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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