{"product_id":"9789814719544","title":"Tang Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader - Volume 2: A Guided ReaderVolume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume supplements \u003ci\u003eTang Tales, A Guided Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (Volume 1; 2010) and presents twelve more Tang tales, going beyond the standard corpus of these narratives to include six stories translated into English for the first time. The rich annotation and translator's notes for these twelve tales provide insights into many aspects of Tang material culture and medieval thought, including Buddhism and Daoism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to meticulously annotated translations, the book offers original texts (with some textual notes), and commentaries in the form of translator's notes, thereby joining the first volume of Tang tales as the only collections that introduce students to Tang tales while also challenging specialists interested in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume supplements \u003ci\u003eTang Tales, A Guided Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (Volume 1; 2010) and presents twelve more Tang tales, going beyond the standard corpus of these narratives to include six stories translated into English for the first time. The rich annotation and translator's notes for these twelve tales provide insights into many aspects of Tang material culture and medieval thought, including Buddhism and Daoism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to meticulously annotated translations, the book offers original texts (with some textual notes), and commentaries in the form of translator's notes, thereby joining the first volume of Tang tales as the only collections that introduce students to Tang tales while also challenging specialists interested in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Academics and students interested in medieval Chinese literature; general public interested in early fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExpands the corpus of Tang tales by including several previously untranslated works from the Daoist and Buddhist traditions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes examples of the well-known pseudo-biographies by Liu Zongyuan and a follower of Han Yu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMany aspects of Tang culture are explained in the notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47185358913776,"sku":"9789814719544","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814719544_p0.jpg?v=1763691391","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814719544","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}