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变文biànwén唐代兴起的一种说唱文学,多用韵文和散文交错组成,内容原为佛经故事,后来范围扩大,包括历史故事、民间传说等。如敦煌石窟里发现的《大目乾连冥间救母变文》、《伍子胥变文》等。{popular form of narrative literature that flourished in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), with alternate prose and rhyming lines for recitation and singing (originally on Buddhistic themes and later extending to historical events, popular legends, etc.) such as The Great Maudgalyayana Rescues His Mother from Hell and The Story of Wu Zixu} |