Performing Enlightenment: Buddhism and Theater in Early Modern China - Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series - Mengxiao Wang - Books - Harvard University, Asia Center - 9780674303423 - July 31, 2026
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Performing Enlightenment: Buddhism and Theater in Early Modern China - Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series

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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.

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To be released July 31, 2026
ISBN13 9780674303423
Publishers Harvard University, Asia Center
Pages 346
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   552 g   (Weight (estimated))

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