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  • The Book of Han

    漢書

    by Arthur Peng, Gu Ban ...
    The Book of Han (《漢書》Hàn shū) literally means “Book of the Han Dynasty”. Compiled by Ban Gu (班固 Bān Gù), with finishing work by his sister Ban Zhao and scholar Ma Xu, this foundational text is China’s first dynastic‑history work.Written in the jizhuan (annal‑biography) format, it records roughly 230 years of Western‑Han history, from the founding of the Han in 206 BCE to Wang Mang’s usurpation in ... Read more

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  • Sinking

    by Arthur Peng ...
    Sinking (沉淪)Written by Yu Dafu (鬱達夫), one of the most influential voices of China's May‑Fourth literary revolution, this complete volume collects nine groundbreaking short stories first published in the early 1920s. Boldly confessional and psychologically raw, these works shattered old Chinese literary taboos by laying bare youth's sexual anguish, individual despair, and national humiliation ... Read more

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  • Stealing the Fist

    by Arthur Peng ...
    Stealing the Fist (《偷拳》Tōu quán)From Republican‑era wuxia master Gong Baiyu (宮白羽 Gōng Báiyǔ), Stealing the Fist is a landmark realistic kung‑fu novel rooted in the legend of Yang Luchan (楊露蟬 Yáng Lùchán), founder of Yang‑style Taiji Quan (太極拳 Tàijíquán).Sickly yet fiercely determined, young Yang Luchan dreams of mastering supreme martial arts. After outgrowing mediocre local instruction, he ... Read more

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  • TWELVE COIN DARTS

    by Arthur Peng ...
    Twelve Coin Darts (十二金錢鏢)The title derives from protagonist Yu Jianping's signature hidden weapon: twelve plain copper coins he flings with unmatched precision, a symbol of quiet, unflashy chivalry rather than ostentatious power. Penned by Gong Baiyu (宮白羽), the founding master of realist wuxia, this landmark novel was first serialized in 1938. Born in 1899 and deceased in 1966, Gong abandoned ... Read more

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    Growing Up Through China's Proverbs

    by Adeline Yen Mah ...
    In this poignant memoir the New York Times bestselling author of Falling Leaves, Adeline Yen Mah, provides a fascinating window into the history and cultural soul of China. Combining personal reflections, rich historical insights, and proverbs handed down to her by her grandfather, Yen Mah shares the wealth of Chinese civilization with Western readers. Exploring the history behind the proverbs, ... Read more

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  • The First Emperor

    Selections from the Historical Records

    by Sima Qian, K. E. Brashier ...
    Translated by Raymond Dawson ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'The following year Qin unified all under Heaven and the title of August Emperor was immediately adopted.' The short-lived Qin dynasty unified China in 221 BC and created an imperial legacy that lasted until 1911. The extraordinary story of the First Emperor, founder of the dynasty, is told in the Historical Records of Sima Qian, the Grand Historiographer and the most famous Chinese historian. He ... Read more

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  • China and the Manchus

    by Herbert A. Giles ...
    Herbert Allen Giles (8 December 1845 – 13 February 1935) was a British diplomat and sinologist, educated at Charterhouse. He modified a Mandarin Chinese Romanization system earlier established by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade-Giles Chinese transliteration system. Among his prolific works were translations of Confucius, Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, and the first widely published Chinese ... Read more

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  • A History of China

    by Wolfram Eberhard ...
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  • To Rule All under Heaven

    A History of Classical China, from Confucius to the First Emperor

    by Andrew Seth Meyer ...
    The first ever comprehensive history in English of China's Warring States period, an era that saw epic battles, the birth of profound philosophies, groundbreaking innovations, and shaped much of East Asian culture as we know it today In 481 BCE, ancient China was on the cusp of one of the most profound revolutions any society has ever undergone, one that would set the course of world history for ... Read more

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  • The History of Korea (Vol.1&2) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Complete Edition

    by Homer B. Hulbert, Jocelyn Cinderby ...
    Homer B. Hulbert's The History of Korea (Vol. 1 & 2) is an ambitious early twentieth-century synthesis of Korean civilization, tracing its development from legendary antiquity through dynastic formation, Confucian statecraft, foreign invasions, and the pressures of modern imperial politics. Written in a lucid, Victorian historical prose, it combines narrative chronology with cultural commentary, ... Read more

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  • Kingdoms in Peril

    A Novel of the Ancient Chinese World at War

    Series series World Literature in Translation
    This abridged edition introduces readers to the power and drama of the electrifying classic Chinese novel.One of the great works of Chinese literature, beloved in East Asia but virtually unknown in the West, Kingdoms in Peril is an epic historical novel charting the five hundred years leading to the unification of China under the rule of the legendary First Emperor. Writing some fourteen hundred ... Read more

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  • The Brilliant Reign of the Kangxi Emperor

    China's Qing Dynasty

    by Hung Hing Ming ...
    The Manchu people, a nomadic tribe from the northeast, rose up in 1616 and took the lead for the new era. The great leader Nurhaci step by step took control of the weakened empire. His successors went on to drive away Russian incursions, to re-unite with Taiwan, and to settle unrest in the regions. Tax reforms and administrative improvements helped solidify the gains.Stability brought prosperity, ... Read more

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