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  • Wang Yangming

    The Redemption of the Heartmind

    by Jingnan Shu ...
    Translated by Zhiyu Deng, Yi Tong, Stephen C. Angle ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book offers a dynamic portrayal of the preeminent Neo-Confucian Wang Yangming's philosophy of the heartmind. Through the life and times of this prodigious Ming Dynasty figure, from his early literary achievements and pursuit of Buddhist and Daoist ideals to his later success in warfare, virtuous leadership, and tragic struggle against dynastic corruption, the author traces the many stages of ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

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  • Chinese Philosophy - Simple Guides

    by 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 ... Read more

    Was $14.99 USD Now $10.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Analects

    by Confucius, Annping Chin ...
    Translated by Annping Chin ...
    Confucius is one of the most humane, rational, and lucid of moral teachers, concerned not with arcane metaphysics but with practical issues of life and conduct. What is virtue? What sort of life is most conducive to happiness? How should the state be ruled? What is the proper relationship between human beings and their environment?In this classic translation of The Analects by Arthur Waley, the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Alchemists, Mediums, and Magicians

    Stories of Taoist Mystics

    Here is an introduction to the magical and mystical realm of Taoism through biographical and historical sketches of Taoist adepts over two thousand years. This panoramic view of the many faces of Taoism and its intimate connection with Chinese culture and society includes intriguing accounts of the Taoist secret societies that carried out mystical exercises and powerful consciousness-altering ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • 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

    $22.79 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Mountain of Fame

    Portraits in Chinese History

    by 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, ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    $31.49 USD

  • Tales of the Dancing Dragon

    Stories of the Tao

    by Eva Wong ...
    Here, Taoist practitioner Eva Wong offers a colorful treatment of the history and evolution of Taoism, told through traditional teaching tales. These tales, which Wong first heard as a child growing up in Hong Kong, are gleaned from the local storytellers and the uncensored chronicles known as yeshi—the wild history of China, not monitored by the official imperial scholars and historians. The ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • China between Empires

    The Northern and Southern Dynasties

    by Mark Edward Lewis, Timothy Brook ...
    Series Book 2 - History of Imperial China
    After the collapse of the Han dynasty in the third century CE, China divided along a north-south line. Mark Lewis traces the changes that both underlay and resulted from this split in a period that saw the geographic redefinition of China, more engagement with the outside world, significant changes to family life, developments in the literary and social arenas, and the introduction of new ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • The Cult of the Fox

    Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China

    by Xiaofei Kang ...
    For more than five centuries the shamanistic fox cult has attracted large portions of the Chinese population and appealed to a wide range of social classes. Deemed illicit by imperial rulers and clerics and officially banned by republican and communist leaders, the fox cult has managed to survive and flourish in individual homes and community shrines throughout northern China. In this new work, ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • Confucius Analects (論語)

    A New Translation with Annotations and Commentaries

    by Raymond K. Li ...
    Confucius (also known as Kong Qiu, 孔丘, and Kong Zhong Ni, 孔仲尼, 551 - 479 BC) was a prominent, if not the most influential, philosopher of China. His teachings have been fundamental to the Chinese civilization and culture for over two and half millennia. The Analects was written and compiled by Confucius’ disciples after his death. It documented his conversations with his disciples and other ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Confucian Four Books for Women

    A New Translation of the Nü Sishu and the Commentary of Wang Xiang

    by Ann A. Pang-White ...
    This volume presents the first English translation of the Confucian classics, Four Books for Women, with extensive commentary by the compiler, Wang Xiang, and introductions and annotations by translator Ann A. Pang-White. Written by women for women's education, the Confucian Four Books for Women spanned the 1st to the 16th centuries, and encompass Ban Zhao's Lessons for Women, Song Ruoxin's and ... Read more

    $36.89 USD