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China Myth or History?

Author : J.G. Cheock
Publisher : J.G. Cheock
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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China Myth or History? by J.G. Cheock Pdf

Viewing ancient China in world context, exploring the possibilities of international activities particularly in relation to the Philippines, during their classical dynasties based on the presence of abundant artifacts, ancient texts, and new archaeological discoveries.

Chinese Myth

Author : Marshall Editions,Philip Wilkinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : China
ISBN : 1845663071

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Myths & Legends of China

Author : Edward T. C. Werner
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1915-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1499119968

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Myths & Legends of China by Edward T. C. Werner Pdf

As a member of the Chinese government's Historiographical Bureau in Peking, as well as a former barrister and British consul in Foochow, E.T.C. Werner published "Myths and Legends of China" in 1922 to elucidate the ideas and beliefs that governed the daily lives of the Chinese people prior to the 20th century. These provocative and fantastical tales of Chinese history, myth and legend draw from many ancient texts and offer a glimpse into a world dominated by tradition and superstition. These stories include the myths of stars, thunder, lightening, water and fire, and various gods, Dynasties and Emperors. It also explains the significance the Buddhism and Taoism, Confucius, yin and yang, dragons, New Year, Spirit Festivals, The Tao Te Ching and much more. Complete with an introductory chapter on the sociology of the Chinese, this fascinating and informative book will appeal to any reader who wishes to receive a true, undistorted image of Chinese mythology.

Chinese Myth: A Treasury of Legends, Art, and History

Author : Philip Wilkinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317474760

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Chinese Myth: A Treasury of Legends, Art, and History by Philip Wilkinson Pdf

In 1978, faced with the pressure to modernize and a declining budget, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) reluctantly agreed to join China's economic reform drive, expanding its internal economy to market-oriented civilian production. This work examines PLA's role in the economy up to 1998.

The Great Wall of China

Author : Arthur Waldron
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1990-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316264539

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This is the first full scholarly study of the Great Wall of China to appear in any language, and it challenges many deeply held ideas about Chinese history. Drawing both on primary sources and on the latest archaeology, the book first demonstrates that the standard account of the Great Wall is untrue and misleading and then presents a convincing new account. It begins by tracing the various walls and systems of frontier defences that existed in early Chinese history, and shows how the greatest of these achieved a mythical symbolic stature which long survived the Wall itself. A striking concluding chapter traces how the true history of the Wall was lost in the early twentieth century as it was gradually transformed into a Chinese national symbol explained through historical myth. The book is an important contribution to the history of China's defensive policy, and her ideological attitudes, and will be of interest both to students of Chinese history and of international relations in the pre-modern world.

Myths and Legends of China

Author : E.T.C. Werner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781633552340

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Myths and Legends of China by E.T.C. Werner Pdf

In this fascinating and comprehensive collection of Chinese myths and legends, E. T. C. Werner drew upon material readily available to him as a member of the Chinese government's' Historiographical Bureau in Peking. A former barrister and British consul in Foochow, Werner presents a wealth of information illuminating the ideas and beliefs that governed the daily lives of the Chinese people long before the revolutions of the 20th century. Offering a provocative glimpse into a world dominated by traditional rules of etiquette and inhabited by demons, dragon-gods, and spirits, the volume opens with an introductory chapter on the origins of the Chinese people. In succeeding chapters, Mr. Werner's readable, well-illustrated text considers the gods of China and myths of stars, thunder, lightning, wind and rain; of water and fire; of epidemics, medicine, and exorcism; as well as tales about the goddess of mercy, the guardian of the gate of heaven, accounts of how the Monkey became a god, and much more.

Chinese Mythology

Author : Anne Birrell
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1999-04-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0801861837

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In Chinese Mythology, Anne Birrell provides English translations of some 300 representative myth narratives selected from over 100 classical texts, many of which have never before been translated into any Western language. Organizing the narratives according to themes and motifs common to world mythology, Birrell addresses issues of source, dating, attribution, textural variants, multiforms, and context. Drawing on exhaustive work in comparative mythology, she surveys the development of Chinese myth studies, summarizes the contribution of Chinese and Japanese scholars to the study of Chinese myth since the 1920s, and examines special aspects of traditional approaches to Chinese myth. The result is an unprecedented guide to the study of Chinese myth for specialists and nonspecialists alike.

Ancient China : life, myth and art

Author : Edward L. Shaughnessy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : China
ISBN : 0760780552

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Even today the economic powerhouse of modern China takes strength and nourishment from its legacy of antiquity. Ancient China illuminates this venerable heritage with unprecedented scholarship and vividness.

Myths and Legends of China

Author : E. T. C. Werner
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781775414407

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Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. Werner Pdf

The West's first encounters with the folk tales and myths of the East proved to be a heady experience, as they were based on an entirely different value system and worldview than those that are reflected in the Greek myths and most subsequent Western folk tales. In Myths and Legends of China, author E.T.C. Werner offers up a rich tapestry of Chinese folk narratives. A must-read for fans of world myths, fairy tales, and legends.

Chinese Myths

Author : Anne Birrell
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0292708793

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Chinese myths were primarily a diffuse and fragmentary oral tradition, eventually preserved in writing only in a piecemeal fashion. Many classical texts are unavailable in translation, and the stories have been unknown to Western readers. Anne Birrell here introduces the general reader to a selection of narratives organized by themes and motifs that help set Chinese myths in the context of world mythology. The contents include: Origin and creation myths Myths of the flood The divine cosmos Gender in myth Metamorphoses Mythic heroes and heroines Fabled plants and animals Major sources of myth

Myths and Legends of China

Author : T. C. Werner
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1533267812

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Myths and Legends of China by T. C. Werner Pdf

My aim, after summarizing the sociology of the Chinese as a prerequisite to the understanding of their ideas and sentiments, and dealing as fully as possible, consistently with limitations of space (limitations which have necessitated the presentation of a very large and intricate topic in a highly compressed form), with the philosophy of the subject, has been to set forth in English dress those myths which may be regarded as the accredited representatives of Chinese mythology--those which live in the minds of the people and are referred to most frequently in their literature, not those which are merely diverting without being typical or instructive--in short, a true, not a distorted image.Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to [email protected] This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via [email protected]

Chinese Mythology

Author : Sandra Giddens,Owen Giddens
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006-01-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1404207694

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Chinese Mythology by Sandra Giddens,Owen Giddens Pdf

Provides a brief history of Chinese history and religion, describes the gods and goddesses of Chinese mythology, and presents several myths.

Chinese Myth and Culture

Author : Anne Birrell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Mythology, Chinese
ISBN : UOM:39015066851455

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Illustrated Myths & Legends of China

Author : Huang Dehai,Xiang Jing,Zhang Dinghao
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781602201705

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Illustrated Myths & Legends of China by Huang Dehai,Xiang Jing,Zhang Dinghao Pdf

Illustrated Myths & Legends of China is a profusely illustrated collection of 32 carefully chosen tales of Chinese myth and legend. With more than 100 illustrations drawn over two thousand years of all aspects of Chinese art—including painting, pottery and porcelain, jade, bronzes and tomb decoration—Illustrated Myths & Legends of China is a vividly written collection of tales of the universe's emergence from chaos, the creation of the world in which the first Chinese people appeared and a depiction of how the many strands of myth and legend have influenced Chinese culture. An impressive array of heroic figures and rich storytelling are at the center of these tales including: Pangu opening heaven to save the earth from chaos. Nuwa creating man and repairing the vault of heaven. Fuxi fixing the calendar by observing the heavens. Shennong creating agriculture. Cangjie inventing writing thus creating the basis for Chinese culture. Fragments of these myths and legends are found in Chinese paintings, wood artifacts, relief carvings, and lacquer art which are illustrated in this book along with informative text. Anyone interested in Chinese culture, mythology, history or art will find this collection a must-have volume for their bookshelf.

Myth and the Making of History

Author : Constance A. Cook,Christopher J. Foster,Susan Blader
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438497709

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Myth and the Making of History by Constance A. Cook,Christopher J. Foster,Susan Blader Pdf

Myth and the Making of History examines the relationship between myth and history in early China, a topic that has been explored by American paleographer and scholar of ancient China Sarah Allan throughout her career. Allan has worked at a crucial and sensitive intersection, where myth and history collide at the very heart of China's origin story. Her work has created an intellectual space in which the disciplines of philosophy, history, anthropology, archeology, philology, and literature have come together, helping to change the way scholars conceive of historical patterns in China's past. In Myth and the Making of History, eleven senior and emerging scholars, from both China and the West, respond to the intellectual challenge raised by Allan's theoretical model of analysis of mythologized and historical figures (and even dynasties) that have intrigued scholars for generations and play a central role in the Chinese historical imagination. The book will be of great interest to all scholars and students of China—of whatever level and discipline—and, indeed, those concerned with other early civilizations as well.