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(0)Brigitte Baptandier
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
The Lady of Linshui-the goddess of women, childbirth, and childhood-is still venerated in south China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. Her story evolved from the life of Chen Jinggu in the eighth century and blossomed in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) into vernacular short fiction, legends, plays, sutras, and stele inscriptions at temples where she is worshipped. The full-length novel The Lady of Linshui Pacifies Demons narrates Chen Jinggu's lifelong struggle...