The Kitchen God and His Wives: A Modern Chinese Folk Epic

A modern folk epic on the origin of the Stove God, widely venerated across China. This volume contains Wilt L. Idema's full and annotated translation of the Guo Dingxiang epic together with an extensive study of the textualization of this work in the years following the Cultural Revolution.

• | Author: Wilt L. Idema
• | Publisher: Cornell University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 15, 2025
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781501779138
• | ISBN-10: 1501779133