Definition of Bianwen. Meaning of Bianwen. Synonyms of Bianwen

- Bianwen (Chinese: 變文; pinyin: biànwén; lit. 'transformation texts') refers to a literary form that is believed to be some of the earliest examples of...
- Lady Meng Bianwen Dunhuang M****cript...
- (618–1279), people began to write in their vernacular dialects in the form of bianwen and yulu (語錄; 'language record'),[citation needed] and the spoken language...
- were earlier precedents of The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars. A Buddhist bianwen titled Ershisi Xiao Yazuowen (二十四孝押座文), which was among the m****cripts...
- Indian drama in turn appears to have influenced the development of the bianwen verse dramas in China, forerunners of Chinese Opera. East Asian verse dramas...
- Song dynasty may also have been influenced by a Tang Buddhist tradition bianwen (變文), which mixed speech with song and used by monks to communicate Buddhist...
- originality. In the development of Chinese fiction, the huaben are heirs of the bianwen (Buddhist tales) and chuanqi of the Tang dynasty, and are the predecessors...
- rich stories in the form of chuanqi ('transmissions of the strange') or bianwen ('transformation tales'). Mulian and his mother appeared onstage in operas...
- [Confucian and Taoist differences] 11 Xianyao 仙藥 The Medicine of Immortality 12 Bianwen 辨問 Discerning Questions 13 Jiyan 極言 The Ultimate Words [regarding immortality]...
- early forms of fiction, not enough coverage of later forms, such as the bianwen and vernacular short stories. In 1920 Peking University invited Lu Xun...