The three Sui quash the demons' revolt : a comic novel / attributed to Luo Guanzhong ; translated, with an interpretative essay, by Lois Fusek.
Luo, Guanzhong, approximately 1330-approximately 1400.; 羅貫中, approximately 1330-approximately 1400.; Fusek, Lois, 1934-
2010
PL2690.P5 E5 2010
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Title
The three Sui quash the demons' revolt : a comic novel / attributed to Luo Guanzhong ; translated, with an interpretative essay, by Lois Fusek.
Author
Luo, Guanzhong, approximately 1330-approximately 1400.
羅貫中, approximately 1330-approximately 1400.
羅貫中, approximately 1330-approximately 1400.
Uniform Title
Ping yao zhuan. English
平妖傳. English
平妖傳. English
ISBN
9780824860707 (electronic bk.)
0824860705 (electronic bk.)
9780824834067 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0824834062 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0824860705 (electronic bk.)
9780824834067 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0824834062 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
Imprint
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2010.
Language
English
Language Note
Translated from the Chinese.
Description
1 online resource (xv, 299 pages)
Call Number
PL2690.P5 E5 2010
System Control No.
(OCoLC)794925378
Summary
This novel tells the story of the uprising of adherents of the Maitreya Buddha led by Wang Ze in 1047-1048. Wang Ze was eventually executed and all future heterodox activity outlawed. Paradoxically, this book treats the rebellion as an occasion for slapstick, baggy-pants humor in which facts are distorted and mixed with fiction. Wang Ze's real-life lieutenants show up as a comical peddler and a mysterious Daoist priest. A celebrated warrior takes part in the rebellion despite having died seventeen years earlier. Although the novel follows the traditional format for an extended narrative, it is an arrangement of self-contained vernacular stories. Although the Wang Ze rebellion took place during the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127), ultimately this book is the story of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) in Song masquerade. It calls attention to the social unrest, even anarchy, caused by the rising power and influence of movements like The White Lotus Society and warns of the Ming's downfall unless such groups are contained. In this, the novel proved to be a prescient voice: The Ming collapsed as the result of a central authority weakened by mass sectarian uprisings.
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Romanized.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-299).
Formatted Contents Note
The pawnbroker Moneybags Hu gets the magic painting
Hu Yong'er goes to buy steamed cakes in a snowstorm
Hu Yong'er conjures up cash and rice
Hu Yong'er changes straw into horses
The daughter of Moneybags Hu marries Idiot Boy
Hu Yong'er conjures up a hideous face at the inn
Bu Ji encounters Auntie Sheng in the Octagonal well
Zhang Luan rescues Bu Ji in the woods
Zuo, the lame priest, buys steamed cakes and hoodwinks Ren Qian
The lame priest enters the belly of the Buddha in the Burial Mound Temple
The Pellet Priest bilks Grand Commandant Bighearted Wang
His Excellency Bao orders the capture of the demon priest
Yong'er sells mud candles to gain the attention of Wang Ze
Zuo, the lame priest, hands out cash and rice to muster an army
The lame priest rescues Wang Ze and disables his captors
Wang Ze leads the people of Beizhou in rebellion
Wen Yanbo leads troops to conquer Beizhou
Beizhou City carves up the demons
A Fantastic History San Sui ping yao zhuan Reconsidered
Appendix A. Early Historical and Anecdotal Materials Pertaining to the Wang Ze Rebellion
Appendix B.A Note on the Possible Identity of Wang Shenxiu.
Hu Yong'er goes to buy steamed cakes in a snowstorm
Hu Yong'er conjures up cash and rice
Hu Yong'er changes straw into horses
The daughter of Moneybags Hu marries Idiot Boy
Hu Yong'er conjures up a hideous face at the inn
Bu Ji encounters Auntie Sheng in the Octagonal well
Zhang Luan rescues Bu Ji in the woods
Zuo, the lame priest, buys steamed cakes and hoodwinks Ren Qian
The lame priest enters the belly of the Buddha in the Burial Mound Temple
The Pellet Priest bilks Grand Commandant Bighearted Wang
His Excellency Bao orders the capture of the demon priest
Yong'er sells mud candles to gain the attention of Wang Ze
Zuo, the lame priest, hands out cash and rice to muster an army
The lame priest rescues Wang Ze and disables his captors
Wang Ze leads the people of Beizhou in rebellion
Wen Yanbo leads troops to conquer Beizhou
Beizhou City carves up the demons
A Fantastic History San Sui ping yao zhuan Reconsidered
Appendix A. Early Historical and Anecdotal Materials Pertaining to the Wang Ze Rebellion
Appendix B.A Note on the Possible Identity of Wang Shenxiu.
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Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
System Details Note
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. (http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212)
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Print version: Luo, Guanzhong, approximately 1330-approximately 1400. Three Sui quash the demons' revolt : a comic novel. Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2010 xv, 299 pages
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