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  • Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Antiquity Through Sui, 1600 B.C.E. - 618 C.E

    by Lily Xiao Hong Lee, A.D. Stefanowska, Sue Wiles ...
    This new volume of the "Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women" spans more than 2,000 years from antiquity to the early seventh century. It recovers the stories of more than 200 women, nearly all of them unknown in the West. The contributors have sifted carefully through the available sources, from the oracle bones to the earliest legends, from Liu Xiang's didactic Biographies to official and ... Read more

    $255.00 USD

  • Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: v. 1: The Qing Period, 1644-1911

    by Lily Xiao Hong Lee, Clara Lau, A.D. Stefanowska ...
    The first biographical dictionary in any Western language devoted solely to Chinese women, this reference is the product of years of research, translation, and writing by a team of over 60 China scholars from around the world. Compiled from a wide array of original sources, these detailed biographies present the lives, work, and significance of more than 200 Chinese women from many different ... Read more

    $235.00 USD

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  • A Thousand Pieces of Gold

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  • Exemplary Women of Early China

    The Lienü zhuan of Liu Xiang

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    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

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  • The Brilliant Reign of the Kangxi Emperor

    China's Qing Dynasty

    by Hung Hing Ming ...
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  • Ancestors

    The story of China told through the lives of an extraordinary family

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    Frank Ching brings to life 900 years of Chinese history through his own fascinating family tree. Beginning with his search for the grave of his first recorded ancestor, the 11th century poet Qin Guan, and ending with a moving account of his relationship with his father, a victim of China's historic upheaval, Frank Ching introduces a colourful cast of characters. His unbroken family line includes - ... Read more

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

    by 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 ... Read more

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  • From the Mongols to the Ming Dynasty

    by Hing Ming Hung ...
    A beggar, an itinerant monk, leapt to greatness during a tumultuous epoch and went on to found the Ming Dynasty of China (1368A--1644).As a destitute peasant with nothing to lose, he started a local rebellion; success built on success. Defeating local warlords, Zhu Yuan Zhang conquered all the southern part of China, then sent his army north and took the rest.By unifying many Chinese lands, he ... Read more

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  • Emperor Huizong

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    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 ... Read more

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    Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Song to Qing

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    This volume completes Keith McMahon’s acclaimed history of imperial wives and royal polygamy in China. Avoiding the stereotype of the emperor’s plural wives as mere victims or playthings, the book considers empresses and concubines as full-fledged participants in palace life, whether as mothers, wives, or go-betweens in the emperor’s relations with others in the palace. Although restrictions on ... Read more

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  • Historical Background of Wang Yang-ming’s Philosophy of Mind

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    This open access book offers comprehensive information on Wang Yang-ming’s life, helping readers identify and grasp the foundations on which his philosophy was established. Though a great man, Wang had an extremely difficult life, full of many hardships. Based on various official histories, Wang’s own writings, and his disciples’ records, the book explores the legendary life of this ancient ... Read more

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