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Performing Enlightenment: Buddhism and Theater in Early Modern China - Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series Mengxiao Wang
Performing Enlightenment: Buddhism and Theater in Early Modern China - Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
Mengxiao Wang
In Performing Enlightenment, Mengxiao Wang argues that the late Ming and early Qing Buddhists in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries resolved their conflict between religion and worldly entertainment by transforming playwriting, stage performance, and theatergoing into a creative mode of devotional practice.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| To be released | July 31, 2026 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674303423 |
| Publishers | Harvard University, Asia Center |
| Pages | 346 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 552 g (Weight (estimated)) |