Author: Grube, Wilhelm.
Title: Feng-Shen-Yen-I. Die Metamorphosen der Goetter. Historisch-mythologischer Roman aus dem Chinesischen. Ubersetzung der Kapitel 1 bis 46. Durch eine Inhaltsangabe der Kap. 47 bis 100 ergänzt, eingeleitet und herausgegeben von Herbert Mueller. [Complete two volume set].
Description: Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1912. 2 vols. XXIV,304,[1], 657,[1] pp. 1 col. plate & 29 b./w. ills. Orig. suniform softcovers (publisher's printed blue wrappers). 4to. - Spine ends dam.; last 11 pages with small stain in top corner. - Pages unupened (as issued). Complete two volume set (Erster Halband + Zweiter Halbband) of Wilhelm Grube's (1855-1908) and Herbert Mueller's German translation of the chapters 1-46 and chapters 100 of the Fengshen Yanyi, also called Fengshen Bang (The Investiture of the Gods in English), a 16th-century Chinese novel and one of the major vernacular Chinese works in the gods and demons (shenmo) genre written during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Consisting of 100 chapters, the work combines elements of history, folklore, mythology, legends and fantasy. The authorship is attributed to Xu Zhonglin.

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