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Золотой шелкопряд. Сюй Сюань и его сборник «Записи об изучении духов»
Петербургское Востоковедение, 2020.
Starostina A.
"Records on Investigating Spirits" ("Jishen lu") is a short story collection compiled by the famous Chinese writer and calligrapher Xu Xuan (917–992).
This edition includes the first complete commented translation of the book into a European language and a study of its history and composition. The research covers the collection's religious and mythological elements reflecting the author's interest in supernatural (demonic) entities and phenomena.
The publication is intended for historians of literature and religion and a wide range of readers.
Priority areas:
humanitarian
Language:
Russian
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