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  • The Aura of Confucius

    Relics and Representations of the Sage at the Kongzhai Shrine in Shanghai

    de Julia K. Murray ...
    The Aura of Confucius is a ground-breaking study that reconstructs the remarkable history of Kongzhai, a shrine founded on the belief that Confucius' descendants buried the sage's robe and cap a millennium after his death and far from his home in Qufu, Shandong. Improbably located on the outskirts of modern Shanghai, Kongzhai featured architecture, visual images, and physical artifacts that ... Leer más

    $91.99 USD

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  • Chinese Philosophy - Simple Guides

    de Peter Nancarrow ...
    Series series Simple Guides
    THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU• to appreciate the variety, subtlety and wisdom of a unique philosophical tradition• to understand the major schools of thought that have shaped Chinese civilization• to draw on a rich cultural resource for different perspectives on questions of our time• to recognize traditional concepts that continue to inform Chinese thinking today China, an emerging superpower, is heir ... Leer más

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  • Lives of Confucius

    Civilization's Greatest Sage Through the Ages

    de Michael Nylan, Thomas Wilson ...
    Confucius—“Master Kung” (551–479 BCE), the Chinese thinker and social philosopher—originated teachings that have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese thought and life over many centuries. His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, justice, and appropriateness in social relationships. In time these values gained prominence in China over other doctrines, ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

  • The Early Chinese Empires

    Qin and Han

    de Mark Edward Lewis, Timothy Brook ...
    Series Libro 1 - History of Imperial China
    In 221 BC, the First Emperor of Qin unified the lands that would become the heart of a Chinese empire. Though forged by conquest, this vast domain depended for its political survival on a fundamental reshaping of Chinese culture. With this informative book, we are present at the creation of an ancient imperial order whose major features would endure for two millennia.The Qin and Han constitute the ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

  • Mountain of Fame

    Portraits in Chinese History

    de John E. Wills ...
    Through biographies of China's most colorful and famous personalities, John Wills displays the five-thousand-year sweep of Chinese history from the legendary sage emperors to the tragedy of Tiananmen Square. This unique introduction to Chinese history and culture uses more than twenty exemplary lives--biographies of China's most colorful and famous personalities--including those of statesmen, ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Emperor Wu Zhao and Her Pantheon of Devis, Divinities, and Dynastic Mothers

    de N. Harry Rothschild ...
    Series series The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies
    Wu Zhao (624–705), better known as Wu Zetian or Empress Wu, is the only woman to have ruled China as emperor over the course of its 5,000-year history. How did she—in a predominantly patriarchal and androcentric society—ascend the dragon throne? Exploring a mystery that has confounded scholars for centuries, this multifaceted history suggests that China's rich pantheon of female divinities and ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Confucius

    The Man and the Way of Gongfu

    de Peimin Ni ...
    Through a systematic introduction of Confucius as a historical figure, a spiritual leader, a philosopher, a political reformer, an educator, and a person, this book offers a comprehensive, lucid, and in-depth articulation of Confucius and his teachings for Western students. It explains how his ideas are different from their Western counterparts as well as challenging the orthodox Western ... Leer más

    $36.99 USD

  • Chinese History and Culture

    Sixth Century B.C.E. to Seventeenth Century

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $67.99 USD

  • Women in Imperial China

    de Bret Hinsch ...
    Series series Asian Voices
    This accessible text offers a comprehensive survey of women’s history in China from the Neolithic period through the end of the Qing dynasty in the early twentieth century. Rather than providing an exhaustive chronicle of this vast subject, Bret Hinsch pinpoints the themes that characterized distinct periods in Chinese women’s history and delves into the perception of female identity in each era. ... Leer más

    $46.99 USD

  • Daoism

    An Introduction

    de Ronnie L. Littlejohn ...
    Series series I.B.Tauris Introductions to Religion
    'The way that can be told is not the eternal Way; the name that can be named is not the eternal Name.' So begins the first verse of the mysterious "Dao De Jing", foundation text of the ancient Chinese religion of Daoism. Often attributed to semi-mythical sage Laozi, the origins of this enigmatic document - which probably came into being in the third century BCE - are actually unknown. But the ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

  • Daoist Ritual, State Religion, and Popular Practices

    Zhenwu Worship from Song to Ming (960-1644)

    de Shin-Yi Chao ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Taoism
    Zhenwu, or the Perfected Warrior, is one of the few Chinese Deities that can rightfully claim a countrywide devotion. Religious specialists, lay devotees, the state machine, and the cultural industry all participated, both collaboratively and competitively, in the evolution of this devotional movement. This book centres on the development and transformation of the godhead of Zhenwu, as well as the ... Leer más

    $84.99 USD

  • Emperor Huizong

    de Patricia Buckley Ebrey ...
    China was the most advanced country in the world when Huizong ascended the throne in 1100 CE. In his eventful twenty-six year reign, the artistically-gifted emperor guided the Song Dynasty toward cultural greatness. Yet Huizong would be known to posterity as a political failure who lost the throne to Jurchen invaders and died their prisoner. The first comprehensive English-language biography of ... Leer más

    $54.99 USD