Baojuian about the three incarnations of the mulyan. Chinese classic in academic translations

“Baojuan about the three incarnations of a mulyan” is a monument of Chinese song and taggage literature, using the old Buddhist story about the student of the Buddha, Mules Mulyan, who saved the soul of his sinful mother from hell. The first translation of the work created around the middle of the 19th century is accompanied by comments and a preface that explains the significance of the text in the history of Chinese common literature and culture. The application contains a study of the development of the plot in the literature of the countries of East and Central Asia in the IV - XVIII centuries. other countries of East Asia.