Liangzhu S Story Of Stone

Author : Xiang Ji,Ningyuan Wang,Chuanwan Dong,Yida Luo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811956300

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Liangzhu’s Story of Stone by Xiang Ji,Ningyuan Wang,Chuanwan Dong,Yida Luo Pdf

This book explains how the walls of Liangzhu City were made from bedding stones and mud, with the total area of bedding stones covering roughly 290,000 square meters. Based on ongoing research and studies, the book tells the story of how these stones were collected from the surrounding mountains and how their mining and use required massive manpower and material resources, indicating what a tremendous undertaking the construction of Liangzhu City was. The book also shares insights into the process of discovering and researching the city wall, as well as the stoneware at the Liangzhu historical site complex.

Author : Xiang Ji,Ningyuan Wang,Chuanwan Dong,Yida Luo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9811956316

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Liangzhu's Story of Stone by Xiang Ji,Ningyuan Wang,Chuanwan Dong,Yida Luo Pdf

This book explains how the walls of Liangzhu City were made from bedding stones and mud, with the total area of bedding stones covering roughly 290,000 square meters. Based on ongoing research and studies, the book tells the story of how these stones were collected from the surrounding mountains and how their mining and use required massive manpower and material resources, indicating what a tremendous undertaking the construction of Liangzhu City was. The book also shares insights into the process of discovering and researching the city wall, as well as the stoneware at the Liangzhu historical site complex.

Author : Cao Xueqin
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 869 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781513273921

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The Story of the Stone by Cao Xueqin Pdf

For generations, the Jia family is held in high esteem but when they lose favor with the emperor, their luxury lifestyle comes to an end. The Story of the Stone focuses on internal and external conflicts that arise as they adjust to their unexpected plight. Jia Baoyu is heir to a prestigious family, that’s held multiple imperial titles throughout the years. Despite their history and social standing, they are targeted by the emperor who strips them of their land and personal fortune. As the family’s wealth wanes, the young Jia struggles with his affection for his cousin Lin Daiyu, as he’s already engaged to Xue Baochai. It’s a compelling romance drama set against the family’s economic decline. Revered for centuries, The Story of the Stone is one of the Four Classic Novels in Chinese literature. It’s a depiction of pre-modern times that is both bleak and illuminating. Cao Xueqin delivers a piercing commentary on the duplicity of the social and political structure. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Story of the Stone is both modern and readable.

Author : Xueqin Cao
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : China
ISBN : LCCN:78020279

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The Story of the Stone by Xueqin Cao Pdf

This is rated one of the greatest works of Chinese literature. Metaphysical, allegorical, and vividly realistic, the immense scope of The Story of the Stone provides something for everyone. A rich family saga, a tragic love story, and a philosophical meditation it is one of those rare huge books in which one can lose oneself completely. It begins as the story of the Stone, a supernatural entity endowed with consciousness that winds up in the mortal world and must find the path to enlightenment. His fate is inextricably bound with another creature from the Land of Illusion, the Crimson Pearl Flower. The Stone is responsible for its transformation into a fairy girl -- and she vows to repay him with "a debt of tears", willing to suffer for a lifetime in the world of mere mortals. The Stone describes how his story -- The Story of the Stone -- is the record of his journey to enlightenment, and offers the tale as a tool for others to follow his path, as, for example Vanitas does in the first chapter. --www.complete-review.com.

Author : Cao Xueqin
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141935164

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The Story of the Stone: The Golden Days by Cao Xueqin Pdf

The Story of the Stone (c.1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first part of the story, The Golden Days, begins the tale of Bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to Confucian studies, and his two cousins: Bao-chai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ethereal beauty Dai-yu. Through the changing fortunes of the Jia family, this rich, magical work sets worldly events - love affairs, sibling rivalries, political intrigues, even murder - within the context of the Buddhist understanding that earthly existence is an illusion and karma determines the shape of our lives.

Author : Xueqin Cao
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:848328307

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The Story of the Stone by Xueqin Cao Pdf

Author : Xueqin Cao
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Chinese fiction
ISBN : 0253192668

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The Story of the Stone by Xueqin Cao Pdf

The Story of the Stone (c. 1760), also known by the title of The Dream of the Red Chamber, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature. Divided into five volumes, The Story of the Stone charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family. This novel re-creates the ritualized hurly-burly of Chinese family life that would otherwise be lost and infuses it with affirming Buddhist belief. --from publisher description.

Author : Xueqin Cao
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : China
ISBN : 0140443266

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The Story of the Stone by Xueqin Cao Pdf

This is rated one of the greatest works of Chinese literature. Metaphysical, allegorical, and vividly realistic, the immense scope of The Story of the Stone provides something for everyone. A rich family saga, a tragic love story, and a philosophical meditation it is one of those rare huge books in which one can lose oneself completely. It begins as the story of the Stone, a supernatural entity endowed with consciousness that winds up in the mortal world and must find the path to enlightenment. His fate is inextricably bound with another creature from the Land of Illusion, the Crimson Pearl Flower. The Stone is responsible for its transformation into a fairy girl -- and she vows to repay him with "a debt of tears", willing to suffer for a lifetime in the world of mere mortals. The Stone describes how his story -- The Story of the Stone -- is the record of his journey to enlightenment, and offers the tale as a tool for others to follow his path, as, for example Vanitas does in the first chapter. --www.complete-review.com.

Author : Xueqin Cao,David Hawkes,E Gao
Publisher : Penguin Classics
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UCSC:32106007984328

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The Story of the Stone, Volume III by Xueqin Cao,David Hawkes,E Gao Pdf

A novel of manners in Chinese literature.

Author : Cao Xueqin
Publisher : Readhowyouwant
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 142504302X

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The Story of the Stone by Cao Xueqin Pdf

'the Story of the Stone'' is considered one of the classics of Chinese literature. It was composed in the middle of the eighteenth century at the time of Qing Dynasty and depicts the social structure of China at that time. The novel gives a detailed description of the lives of characters and also describes the nature of desire and delusion. Mesmerizing!

Author : Ruoxi Chen
Publisher : Bloomington : Indiana University Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0253124751

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The Execution of Mayor Yin, and Other Stories from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution by Ruoxi Chen Pdf

Author : Cao Xueqin,John Minford
Publisher : Penguin Classics
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015082735179

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The Story of the Stone, Volume I by Cao Xueqin,John Minford Pdf

The Story of the Stone (c.1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first part of the story, The Golden Days, begins the tale of Bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to Confucian studies, and his two cousins- Bao-chai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ethereal beauty Dai-yu. Through the changing fortunes of the Jia family, this rich, magical work sets worldly events - love affairs, sibling rivalries, political intrigues, even murder - within the context of the Buddhist understanding that earthly existence is an illusion and karma determines the shape of our lives.

Author : Yin-lien C. Chin,Yetta S. Center,Mildred Ross
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : China
ISBN : 0873326350

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"The Stone Lion" and Other Chinese Detective Stories by Yin-lien C. Chin,Yetta S. Center,Mildred Ross Pdf

Presents ten tales featuring Lord Bau, a wise judge who was a champion of righteousness and protector of the weak against the powerful.

Author : Xueqin Cao
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UVA:X000872175

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The Story of the Stone by Xueqin Cao Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UVA:X004192145

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Story of the Stone by Anonim Pdf