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annotated translation
Author_Richard E. Strassberg
Category=JMT
chinese literature
chinese mythology
chinese myths and legends
comprehensive work
dream analysis
dream culture
eastern philosophy
encyclopedia of dreams
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evolution of chinese dream culture
folklore
historical reference
importance of dreams
literary criticism
literary sources
lucid prose
nature of dreams
nightmares
reprinted edition
spiritual awakening
traditional china
translation
Product details
- ISBN 9780520252943
- Weight: 635g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 21 Apr 2008
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Dreams have been taken seriously in China for at least three millennia. "Wandering Spirits" is a translation and study of the most comprehensive work on dream culture in traditional China - "Lofty Principles of Dream Interpretation" (Mengzhan yizhi), compiled in 1562 by Chen Shiyuan and periodically reprinted up to the modern era. The best introduction to the diversity of ideas held by the educated class about dreams, this unique treatise compiles various theories, Chen's own comments concerning the nature of dreams and their role in waking life, and almost seven hundred examples assembled from a wide range of literary sources. This annotated translation is accompanied by a full-length introduction that surveys the evolution of Chinese dream culture and the role of Chen Shiyuan and his encyclopedia.
Richard E. Strassberg is Professor of Chinese at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author of Inscribed Landscapes: Travel Writing from Imperial China and A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways through Mountains and Seas (both from UC Press) among other books.
