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ID: 300404693
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300404693

 

Record Type: concept
bianwen (<genres for literature>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, ... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name))

 

Note: A semivernacular medieval Chinese literary genre often featuring Buddhist content; the term means "transformation text." The genre developed as a popularization of Buddhist doctrine through storytelling, pictorial representation, and performance.
 
Terms:
bianwen (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,L,N)
bianwen (Dutch-P,D,L,U)
biànwén (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
biànwén (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin),UF,U,U)
transformation texts (Buddhist works) (C,U,English,UF,U,PN)
transformation text (Buddhist work) (C,U,English,UF,U,SN)
texts, transformation (Buddhist works) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
變文 (C,U,Chinese,UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  B.BM

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Associated Concepts Facet
Associated Concepts Facet
Hierarchy of Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
.... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <concepts in the arts and humanities>
........ <concepts in the arts and humanities> (G)
Hierarchy of <genres in literature and performing arts>
............ <genres in literature and performing arts> (G)
Hierarchy of <genres for literature>
................ <genres for literature> (G)
Hierarchy of bianwen
.................... bianwen (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Een middeleeuws Chinees literair genre met teksten in de omgangstaal, vaak met boeddhistische inhoud; de term betekent 'transformatietekst'. Het genre ontwikkelde zich als popularisering van de boeddhistische leer door middel van verhalen, afbeeldingen en voorstellingen.  

Related concepts:
basis of ....  bianxiang (Buddhist works)
..............  (<visual works by subject type>, visual works (works), ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) [300404694]
..............  nature of the relationship is debated

Sources and Contributors:
變文............  [VP]
...........  Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)
bianwen............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................  Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) 272
.................  Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013) 118
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Chinese literature," accessed 12 May 2016
biànwén............  [VP]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
texts, transformation (Buddhist works)............  [VP]
.................................................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
transformation text (Buddhist work)............  [VP]
...........................................................  British Museum [online] (1999-)
transformation texts (Buddhist works)............  [VP]
..............................................................  British Museum [online] (1999-)
..............................................................  Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)
..............................................................  Hung, What is Bianxiang 變相? (1992)
 
Subject: .....  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  Ter Haar, Het hemels mandaat (2009) 170
............  UvA Talen
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) 272
.......... Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013) 118
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)

 

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