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III. Far East, South and South-East Asia / Дальний Восток, Южная и Юго-Восточная Азия 570 Proceedings of the International Congress on Historiography and Source Studies of Asia and Africa.Vol. I. 2020 (2) 開寶三年壬申歲正月十四日知術院弟子閻海真自手書記 kaibao sannian renshensui zhengyue shisiri zhishuyuan dizi yanhaizhen zishou shuji “Personally written down by low-rank employee Yan Haizhen of the “Zhishuyuan” office on the 14th day of the 1st month of the ren-shen year, the 3rd year of the Kai-bao era” 1 . Very little information is known about the life and activity of the author of the work Wang Fu 王敷 . It is likely that he was an official in the county government of Youzhou, recommended for service at the court 2 . In the opinion of Prof. Yu Xiaohong from Anhui Normal University, such scholar scribes, officials, as well as monks of temples, by rewriting and distributing texts (often containing Buddhist content), were the ones who formed the unique prose-poetic genre 變文 bianwen , popular among the people, who were the main consumers of such stories. Such educational stories in the bianwen genre served not only as a means of teaching and entertainment, but also reflected the everyday mass culture of the Tang dynasty and the period of the Five Dynasties (907–960) 3 . 1 The year 開寶三年 (the third year of the Kai-bao era) corresponds to the year 970. Kai-bao (968–976) is the motto of the emperor Tai-zu of the North Song dynasty (960–1127). The year 壬申 ren-shen according to the cyclic calendar is the 5th year of the Kai-bao era, subsequently, it falls on the year 972. In any case, there is a clear discrepancy — the text was written either in 970 or in 972. It is difficult to interpret the notion of 知術院 zhishuyuan (“institution in charge of science and art”). Based on the opinion of Prof. Yu Xiaohong, these were state governments created to control people of the arts such as artists and painters. Most likely, these were departments whose official apparatus regulated by the activities of those whose occupation presupposed relative freedom of creativity. See: Yu Xiaohong. About the bianwen genre as a record of Buddhist stories / 俞曉紅。論變文是俗講的書錄本。溫州師 範學院學報 ( 哲學社會科學版 ). Journal of Wenzhou Normal College . 2006, Vol. 27, № 4. P. 56–60 / Online database of scientific articles and dissertations published in China cnki.net . URL: http://kns.cnki.net/KCMS/detail/detail.aspx?dbcode=CJFQ&dbname=CJFD2006&- filename=WZSF200604011&v=MTExMjZZUzdEaDFUM3FUcldNMUZyQ1VSTEtm- WnVSckZ5M2hVYnZJTWpmWWFMRzRIdGZNcTQ5RVpZUjhlWDFMdXg= (accessed 15.07.2019). 2 Whether Wang Fu started his service is unknown. 3 With regard to the genre definition of the given work, there are several points of view. However, most researchers believe that the text is written in the 變文 bianwen genre — a hybrid of poetic-prosaic genre of Buddhist character, but with social content (Zhong Shulin. Justification of the literary style of the Dunhuang manuscript “Dispute of Tea and Wine” / 鐘書林。敦煌寫本《茶酒論》文體考論 / Online database of scientific articles and dissertations published in China cnki.net. URL: http://kns.cnki.net/KCMS/detail/detail. aspx?dbcode=CJFQ&dbname=CJFD2011&filename=LSGL201107013&v=MTMzNDN- MdXhZUzdEaDFUM3FUcldNMUZyQ1VSTEtmWnVSckZ5SGhVN3JMS1Q3TVlyRz- RIOURNcUk5RVo0UjhlWDE= (accessed 10.07.2019)).