Escape from Blood Pond HellThese translations of The Precious Scroll of the Three Lives of Mulian and Woman Huang Recites the Diamond Sutra are late nineteenth century examples of baojuan (literally, "precious scrolls"), a Chinese folk genre featuring alternating verse and prose that was used by monks to illustrate religious precepts for lay listeners. They represent only two of numerous versions, composed in a variety of genres, of these legends, which were once popular all