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  • The Sociology of Literature

    Poems and Prose of the Ming and Qing Dynasties

    by Luo Shijin ...
    Series series China Perspectives
    This groundbreaking book offers a fresh perspective on classical Chinese literature. Using literary sociology, it demonstrates how social, cultural, and political forces shaped the poetry and prose of the time, and how writers responded to it.The author employs the compelling metaphor of a “literary ferry” to carry intellectuals, their creative works, and literary practices across historical ... Read more

    $265.99 USD

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  • Exemplary Women of Early China

    The Lienü zhuan of Liu Xiang

    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    In early China, was it correct for a woman to disobey her father, contradict her husband, or shape the public policy of a son who ruled over a dynasty or state? According to the Lienü zhuan, or Categorized Biographies of Women, it was not only appropriate but necessary for women to step in with wise counsel when fathers, husbands, or rulers strayed from the path of virtue.Compiled toward the end ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Chinese History and Culture

    Sixth Century B.C.E. to Seventeenth Century

    by Ying-shih Yü ...
    Series series Masters of Chinese Studies
    The recipient of the Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the humanities and the Tang Prize for "revolutionary research" in Sinology, Ying-shih Yü is a premier scholar of Chinese studies. Chinese History and Culture volumes 1 and 2 bring his extraordinary oeuvre to English-speaking readers. Spanning two thousand years of social, intellectual, and political change, the essays in these volumes ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • The Songs of Chu

    An Anthology of Ancient Chinese Poetry by Qu Yuan and Others

    by Yuan Qu ...
    Translated by Gopal Sukhu ...
    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    Sources show Qu Yuan (?340–278 BCE) was the first person in China to become famous for his poetry, so famous in fact that the Chinese celebrate his life with a national holiday called Poet's Day, or the Dragon Boat Festival. His work, which forms the core of the The Songs of Chu, the second oldest anthology of Chinese poetry, derives its imagery from shamanistic ritual. Its shaman hymns are among ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • How to Read Chinese Poetry in Context

    Poetic Culture from Antiquity Through the Tang

    Edited by Zong-qi Cai ...
    Series series How to Read Chinese Literature
    How to Read Chinese Poetry in Context is an introduction to the golden age of Chinese poetry, spanning the earliest times through the Tang dynasty (618–907). It aims to break down barriers—between language and culture, poetry and history—that have stood in the way of teaching and learning Chinese poetry. Not only a primer in early Chinese poetry, the volume demonstrates the unique and central role ... Read more

    $30.29 USD

  • Chinese Culture: Its Humanity And Modernity

    by Suoqiao Qian ...
    Understanding China and the Chinese is of paramount importance in today's world. With China's rapid economic growth and increasing political influence, there has been significant interest in learning the Chinese language around the world. While we constantly hear about China in political and economic terms, we rarely come across a book that explains what Chinese culture or a Chinese person is like ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Xu Xiake (1586-1641)

    The Art of Travel Writing

    by Julian Ward ...
    In this, the first full-length study in English of China's best-known travel writer, new light is shed on the importance of the diaries of Xu Xiake (1587-1687) a compulsive traveller who spent a lifetime visiting and writing about China's 'beauty spots'. The general view of his work, that he brought a sober, analytical approach to a genre previously the domain of the dillentante and that his ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Early Medieval China

    A Sourcebook

    Edited by Wendy Swartz, Robert Ford Campany, Yang Lu, Jessey Choo ...
    This innovative sourcebook builds a dynamic understanding of China's early medieval period (220–589) through an original selection and arrangement of literary, historical, religious, and critical texts. A tumultuous and formative era, these centuries saw the longest stretch of political fragmentation in China's imperial history, resulting in new ethnic configurations, the rise of powerful clans, ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Writing Early China

    by Edward L. Shaughnessy ...
    Series series SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture
    Considers what unearthed documents reveal about the creation and transmission of knowledge in ancient China.Archaeological discoveries over the past one hundred years have resulted in repeated calls to "rewrite ancient Chinese history." This is especially true of documents written on oracle bones, bronze vessels, and bamboo strips. In Writing Early China, Edward L. Shaughnessy surveys all of these ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • On Ethics and History

    Essays and Letters of Zhang Xuecheng

    by Philip J. Ivanhoe ...
    Zhang Xuecheng (1738–1801) has primarily been read as a philosopher of history. This volume presents him as an ethical philosopher with a distinctive understanding of the aims and methods of Confucian self-cultivation. Offered in English translation for the first time, this collection of Zhang's essays and letters should challenge our current understanding of this Qing dynasty philosopher. On ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Island of Guanyin

    Mount Putuo and Its Gazetteers

    by Marcus Bingenheimer ...
    Among Chinese religious sites, Mount Putuo, the "Island of Guanyin," stands out as a fascinating embodiment of China's vibrant Buddhist tradition. A small island in the East China Sea, it has been the single most important pilgrimage site for the worship of Guanyin, the beloved Bodhisattva of Compassion, who is venerated from Sri Lanka to Japan. Attracting thousands of visitors every year, the ... Read more

    $151.19 USD

  • Women in Ancient China

    by Bret Hinsch ...
    Series series Asian Voices
    This pioneering book provides a comprehensive survey of ancient Chinese women’s history, covering thousands of years from the Neolithic era to China’s unification in 221 BCE. For each period—Neolithic, Shang, Western Zhou, and Eastern Zhou—Bret Hinsch explores central aspects of female life: marriage, family life, politics, ritual, and religious roles. Deeply researched, the book draws on a wide ... Read more

    $33.19 USD