Two salvation stories : "Xi Wangmu" and "Yunhua Furen" in The extensive records of the Taiping period

Yin Ping, Grace LAU

Two salvation stories : "Xi Wangmu" and "Yunhua Furen" in The extensive records of the Taiping period

Yin Ping, Grace LAU

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Abstract

Of the two major salvation stories in Jixian lu, “Xi Wangwu” and “Yunhua Furen,” the latter is a more creative piece of work as compared with the former. Du Guangting based it on the traditional story of Yaoji and transformed the goddess from the Virgin Goddess to the salvation goddess. In “Yunhua Furen”, Yunhua Furen takes up her new role of rescuing Yu from his dangerous situation. Yunhua Furen not only saves Yu, she also saves the entire country from the calamity of the great floods, which is indeed a virtuous deed and a meritorious achievement.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-36
Number of pages	22
Journal	アジア文化研究
Volume	35
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2009

Bibliographical note

This research has benefited from financial support from the Research and Postgraduate Studies Committee of Lingnan University, Hong Kong. In addition, this paper was presented at the 12th Asian Studies Conference Japan (2008).

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Two salvation stories : "Xi Wangmu" and "Yunhua Furen" in The extensive records of the Taiping period

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