3000 years of Chinese history presented through the lives of ninety-six illustrious participants from all periods and all parts of the country
China is the most populous country on earth, with the longest history of any modern nation. Here, the full range of Chinese cultural and scientific achievements, as well as its military conquests, wars, rebellions, and political and philosophical movements, are told through the eyes of real people who created or were involved in them.
The subjects include emperors and empresses, concubines, officials and political figures, rebels, exiles, philosophers, writers and poets, artists, musicians, scientists, military leaders, and committed pacifists. From Fu Hao, an early warrior lady of the thirteenth century BC, to the late twentieth-century leader Deng Xiaoping, their careers, achievements, misdeeds, disasters, punishments, ideas and love stories make this an unforgettable read.
Illustrated with portraits, paintings, written documents, bronzes, sculptures, and location maps, and written in an authoritative yet accessible style, Chinese Lives provides the perfect introduction to China’s history and her peoples.
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Victor H. Mair is Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of many books including The True History of Tea and The Tarim Mummies.
Sanping Chen articles have appeared in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, the Journal of the American Oriental Society, and others. He lives in Canada.
Frances Wood is head of the Chinese Collections at the British Library.
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Book Description Condition: New. Tells the story of China through 96 short biographies. This book includes a colourful array of very different men and women: emperors and empresses, concubines, officials and political figures, rebels, exiles, philosophers, writers and poets, artists, musicians, scientists, military leaders and committed pacifists. Num Pages: 232 pages, 83 illustrations, 52 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 712. 2013. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # 9780500251928
Book Description Condition: New. Tells the story of China through 96 short biographies. This book includes a colourful array of very different men and women: emperors and empresses, concubines, officials and political figures, rebels, exiles, philosophers, writers and poets, artists, musicians, scientists, military leaders and committed pacifists. Num Pages: 232 pages, 83 illustrations, 52 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 712. 2013. Hardcover. . . . . Seller Inventory # 9780500251928
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Book Description gebunden. Condition: Neu. Neu -China ist das Land mit der größten Einwohnerzahl der Welt und der längsten Geschichte einer modernen Nation. In diesem Band wird die ganze Bandbreite kultureller und wissenschaftlicher Errungenschaften des Landes, militärische Eroberungen, Kriege, Rebellionen sowie politische und philosophische Strömungen aus der Sicht von wirklichen Menschen, die in die Ereignisse involviert waren, erzählt. Machen Sie sich bekannt mit chinesischen Eroberern, Konkubinen, Kriegerinnen, Beamten und Politikern, mit Rebellen, Philosophen, Schriftstellern und Dichtern, mit Künstlern, Musikern und Wissenschaftlern, mit Heerführern und Pazifisten, Kaisern und Kommunisten. Beschrieben werden ihre Karrieren, Errungenschaften und Fehler, ihre Ideen und Liebesgeschichten. Mit vielfältigen Illustrationen, von Porträts über Schriftdokumente bis hin zu Bronzen und Landkarten - ein ganz eigener, direkter Zugang zur Jahrtausende alten Geschichte Chinas! (Text engl.)\\nErscheinungsdatum: 01.05.2013 Schlagwörter: biography, autobiography, biography & autobiography, historical, history, asia, china Autor: Victor H. Mair, Sanping Chen, Frances Wood Sachgruppen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik, Kunst, Bildende Kunst Anzahl Seiten: 232 Format: 24,00 x 16,50 x 2,50 cm 232 pp. Englisch. Seller Inventory # 796379
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