Shanshu as a Chinese literature genre

Authors

  • Татьяна Игоревна Корнильева St. Petersburg State University, 7-9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation

Abstract

This paper examines a class of Chinese religious books called “morality books”, or “[quan] shanshu” books, which are widely-spread among common people in China. However some works are characterised by common peculiarities, that are enough to distinguish a prosaic genre of literature — namely, the shanshu genre (we propose to call it), opposing the shanshu class of books. European and Russian literature features a similar genre — the Purgatory genre. The most representative piece of literature of the shanshu genre is “Yuli baochao”, or “Precious Copies of Jade Tablets”, the origin of which dates back to the Song period.

Keywords:

Shanshu genre, popular beliefs in China, popular literature, “Yuli baochao”, “Precious Copies of Jade Tablets”

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Литература

Goossaert V. L’interdit du boeuf en Chine. Agriculture, йthique et sacrifice. Paris, 2005.

Лю Шоухуа. Цун баоцзюань дао шаньшу (От баоцзюань до шаньшу), 2007.

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URL: www.ylbcw.cn (дата обращения: 25.04.2012).

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Published

2012-12-20

How to Cite

Корнильева, Т. И. (2012). Shanshu as a Chinese literature genre. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, (4), 54–60. Retrieved from https://aasjournal.spbu.ru/article/view/2433

Issue

No. 4 (2012)

Section

Literary studies

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