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The Glory of Yue

Author : Olivia Milburn
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047443995

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The Glory of Yue is the first translation into any Western language of the Yuejue shu, a collection of essays on history, literature, religion, architecture, economic thought, military science, and philosophy related to the ancient kingdoms of Wu and Yue, in present day eastern China.

Ancient China and the Yue

Author : Erica Brindley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107084780

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Ancient China and the Yue by Erica Brindley Pdf

A richly empirical discussion of ethnic identity formation in the ancient world, presenting the peoples of China's southern frontier.

Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature (vol. 3 & 4)

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1036 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004271852

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Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature (vol. 3 & 4) by Anonim Pdf

The long-awaited, first Western-language reference guide, this work offers a wealth of information on writers, genres, literary schools and terms of the Chinese literary tradition from earliest times to the seventh century C.E. Indispensable for scholars and students of pre-modern Chinese literature, history, and thought. Part Three contains Xia - Y. Part Four contains the Z and an extensive index to the four volumes.

Zhou History Unearthed

Author : Yuri Pines
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231551755

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There is a stark contrast between the overarching importance of history writing in imperial China and the meagerness of historical texts from the centuries preceding the imperial unification of 221 BCE. However, recently discovered bamboo manuscripts from the Warring States period (453–221 BCE) have changed this picture, leading to reappraisals of early Chinese historiography. These manuscripts shed new light on questions related to the production, circulation, and audience of historical texts in early China; their different political, ritual, and ideological usages; and their roles in the cultural and intellectual dynamics of China’s vibrant pre-imperial age. Zhou History Unearthed offers both a novel understanding of early Chinese historiography and a fully annotated translation of Xinian (String of Years), the most notable historical manuscript from the state of Chu. Yuri Pines elucidates the importance of Xinian and other recently discovered texts for our understanding of history writing in Zhou China (1046–255 BCE), as well as major historical events and topics such as Chu’s cultural identity. Pines explores how Xinian challenges existing interpretations of the nature and reliability of canonical historical texts on the Zhou era, such as Zuo zhuan (Zuo Tradition/Commentary) and Records of the Historian (Shiji). A major work of scholarship and translation, Zhou History Unearthed sheds new light on early Chinese history and historiography, demonstrating how new archaeological findings are changing our knowledge of China’s pre-imperial days.

The Craft of Oblivion

Author : Albert Galvany
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438493770

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The Craft of Oblivion by Albert Galvany Pdf

The Craft of Oblivion is an innovative and groundbreaking volume that aims to study, for the first time, the intersections between forgetting and remembering in classical Chinese civilization. Oblivion has tended to be relegated to a marginal position, often conceived as the mere destructive or undesirable opposite of memory, even though it performs an essential function in our lives. Forgetting and memory, far from being autonomous and mutually exclusive spheres, should be seen as interdependent phenomena. Drawing on perspectives from history, philosophy, literature, and religion, and examining both transmitted texts and excavated materials, the contributors to this volume analyze various ways of understanding oblivion and its complex and fertile relations with memory in ancient China.

Chinese Annals in the Western Observatory

Author : Edward Shaughnessy
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501516948

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Chinese Annals in the Western Observatory by Edward Shaughnessy Pdf

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, hundreds of thousands of documents of all sorts have been unearthed in China, opening whole new fields of study and transforming our modern understanding of ancient China. While these discoveries have necessarily taken place in China, Western scholars have also contributed to the study of these documents throughout this entire period. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the contributions of these Western scholars to the field of Chinese paleography, and especially to study of oracle-bone inscriptions, bronze and stone inscriptions, and manuscripts written on bamboo and silk. Each of these topics is provided with a comprehensive narrative history of studies by Western scholars, as well as an exhaustive bibliography and biographies of important scholars in the field. It is also supplied with a list of Chinese translations of these studies, as well as a complete index of authors and their works. Whether the reader is interested in the history of ancient China, ancient Chinese paleographic documents, or just in the history of the study of China as it has developed in the West, this book provides one of the most complete accounts available to date.

Rumor in Early Chinese Empires

Author : Zongli Lu
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108479264

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Rumor in Early Chinese Empires by Zongli Lu Pdf

A major historical study of the formation, spread and impact of rumor in the early Chinese empires.

The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume X

Author : Ssu-ma Ch'ien
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253056795

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The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume X by Ssu-ma Ch'ien Pdf

A remarkable document of ancient Chinese history: “[An] indispensable addition to modern sinology.” —China Review International This volume of The Grand Scribe’s Records includes the second segment of Han-dynasty memoirs and deals primarily with men who lived and served under Emperor Wu (r. 141–87 B.C.). The lead chapter presents a parallel biography of two ancient physicians, Pien Ch’üeh and Ts’ang Kung, providing a transition between the founding of the Han dynasty and its heyday under Wu. The account of Liu P’i is framed by the great rebellion he led in 154 B.C. and the remaining chapters trace the careers of court favorites, depict the tribulations of an ill-fated general, discuss the Han’s greatest enemy, the Hsiung-nu, and provide accounts of two great generals who fought them. The final memoir is structured around memorials by two strategists who attempted to lead Emperor Wu into negotiations with the Hsiung-nu, a policy that Ssu-ma Ch’ien himself supported.

My Super Pretty Wife

Author : Wen Ding
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 998 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781649758484

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Mercenary King Chen Yang returned to the city to protect his comrade's sister, the goddess. In the bustling city, Chen Yang was like a fish in water, carefree and at ease. And to see how the previous generation's soldiers would use their iron fists and wits to build a business empire...

Come to The Peak

Author : Shi YueLiuNian
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 729 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781647819521

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Come to The Peak by Shi YueLiuNian Pdf

He had excellent martial arts qualifications, but his tendon and vein were destroyed by a power struggle, such a person couldn't cultivate. This not only discouraged him and his parents but also made them accept ridicule and satire from others.However, this was not an insurmountable difficulty for the gifted man. After six years of painstaking study. He finally repaired his body and began his training journey.He did not care about the ridicule and sarcasm of those people, he just wanted to reach the peak, to be a top man that no one can match. But the difficulties and obstacles along the way, how can he overcome it?☆About the Author☆Shi Yue Liu Nian, an excellent author of online novels. He has rich experience in novel writing. His novel is fluent in writing and rich in imagination.

Cherishing Antiquity

Author : Olivia Milburn
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684170739

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Cherishing Antiquity describes the commemoration within Chinese literature and culture of the southern kingdom of Wu, which collapsed in 473 BCE. The sudden rise and tragic fall of Wu within the space of just over one century would inspire numerous memorials in and around the city of Suzhou, once the capital of this ancient kingdom. A variety of physical structures, including temples, shrines, steles, and other monuments, were erected in memory of key figures in the kingdom’s history. These sites inspired further literary representations in poetry and prose—musings on the exoticism, glamour, great wealth, and hideous end of the last king of Wu. Through an analysis first of the history of Wu as recorded in ancient Chinese texts and then of its literary legacy, Olivia Milburn illuminates the remarkable cultural endurance of this powerful but short-lived kingdom

Sword of Zen

Author : Peter Haskel
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780824837235

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Takuan Sōho’s (1573–1645) two works on Zen and swordsmanship are among the most straightforward and lively presentations of Zen ever written and have enjoyed great popularity in both premodern and modern Japan. Although dealing ostensibly with the art of the sword, Record of Immovable Wisdom and On the Sword Taie are basic guides to Zen—“user’s manuals” for Zen mind that show one how to manifest it not only in sword play but from moment to moment in everyday life. Along with translations of Record of Immovable Wisdom and On the Sword Taie (the former, composed in all likelihood for the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu and his fencing master, Yagyū Munenori), this book includes an introduction to Takuan’s distinctive approach to Zen, drawing on excerpts from the master’s other writings. It also offers an accessible overview of the actual role of the sword in Takuan’s day, a period that witnessed both a bloody age of civil warfare and Japan’s final unification under the Tokugawa shoguns. Takuan was arguably the most famous Zen priest of his time, and as a pivotal figure, bridging the Zen of the late medieval and early modern periods, his story (presented in the book’s biographical section) offers a rare picture of Japanese Zen in transition. For modern readers, whether practitioners of Zen or the martial arts, Takuan’s emphasis on freedom of mind as the crux of his teaching resonates as powerfully as it did with the samurai and swordsmen of Tokugawa Japan. Scholars will welcome this new, annotated translation of Takuan’s sword-related works as well as the host of detail it provides, illuminating an obscure period in Zen’s history in Japan.

Suzhou in Transition

Author : Beibei Tang,Paul Cheung
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000217650

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Suzhou in Transition by Beibei Tang,Paul Cheung Pdf

Through the lens of the city of Suzhou, this edited volume presents views on the complex interaction between the central state, market agents, local governments and individuals who have shaped the development of Chinese cities and urban life. Featuring a range of disciplinary perspectives, contributors to this volume have all undertaken research in one municipality – Suzhou – to consider how history and culture have evolved during the modernisation of Chinese cities and the transformation of urban space, as well as shifting rural–urban relations and urban life during the reform era. The volume is underscored by a complex dynamic system consisting of three interlocked mechanisms through which the central and local state interact: history and culture, social and economic life, and administration and governance. As such, chapters analyse responses both from the state and society as driving forces of local development, with an interplay between tradition and heritage on the one hand and China’s economic and social development on the other. Suzhou in Transition will appeal to students and scholars of Chinese and urban studies, as well as urban sociology and geography.

Between Command and Market

Author : Elisa Levi Sabattini,Christian Schwermann
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004466432

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Between Command and Market by Elisa Levi Sabattini,Christian Schwermann Pdf

A deeply researched and thought-provoking set of essays on a sorely-neglected topic in Chinese economic, intellectual, and political history.

Urbanization in Early and Medieval China

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295806105

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Urbanization in Early and Medieval China by Anonim Pdf

The heart of Urbanization in Early and Medieval China consists of translations of three gazetteers written during the Han (206 BCE–220 CE), Tang (618–907), and Northern Song (960–1126) dynasties describing the city of Suzhou. The texts allow the reader to trace the dramatic changes that occurred as the city experienced enormous political and social upheavals over nine centuries. Each translation is accompanied by extensive annotation and a detailed discussion of the historical background of the text, authorship, and publication history. The book also traces the development of the gazetteer genre, the history of urban planning in China, and what we know about the early development of Suzhou from other texts and archaeological research. Urbanization in Early and Medieval China will be useful not only to scholars of Chinese history, but to scholars studying architecture and urban planning as well.