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Memories Of Peking
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Author : Haiyin Lin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Memories Of Peking written by Haiyin Lin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with LITERARY COLLECTIONS categories.
Memories Of Peking
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Author : Haiyin Lin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992-01
Memories Of Peking written by Haiyin Lin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In five stories with a continuing cast of characters and many of the qualities of a novel, Memories of Peking: South Side Stories portrays Peking of the 1930s as seen through the eyes of a little girl. These stories differ greatly from many other books on life in China -- whether about past times or the present day -- in that they neither dwell on politics nor try to propound beliefs of any kind. The stories are simple, direct, and personal. The reader experiences life in Peking through the eyes and innocent mind of the child. The author is well known for her perception and humor. She handles with great sensitivity and lyricism the sense of loss and bewilderment that arouses the child's awareness of the uncertainties of human relationships, even of life itself, and which finally catapults her away from childhood joys into the sorrows of the adult world.
Memories Of Peking
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
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Memories Of Peking
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Author : Lin Hai-yin
language : en
Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Release Date : 2020-03-15
Memories Of Peking written by Lin Hai-yin and has been published by The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-15 with Literary Collections categories.
Through the keen eyes and curious mind of a young girl, Ying-tzu, we are given a glimpse into the adult world of Peking in the 1920s. The five sequential stories in this collection can be read as either stand-alone pieces, or as a novel, due to the cleverly constructed themes and character development. Exploring ideas of loss and bewilderment, Lin Hai-yin carefully captures the transition from childhood to adulthood. Shielded by a child's innocence, we are taken on a journey of discovery as Ying-tzu grapples with the uncertainties of human relationships as well as her developing awareness of the world around her. Poignant and poetic, it is hard not to be moved by Memories of Peking: South Side Stories."
Annals Memoirs Of The Court Of Peking
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Author : Sir Edmund Backhouse
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1914
Annals Memoirs Of The Court Of Peking written by Sir Edmund Backhouse and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1914 with China categories.
The enduring interest displayed by many readers in the character of China's great Empress Dowager Tzŭ Hsi, and the generous appreciation accorded to our work on her life and reign, have prompted the belief that the present work, covering a wider stretch of space and time, should prove interesting, and of some value, to those who desire to study the causes, immediate and remote, of recent and current events in the Far East. Until we understand something of the mainsprings of thought and action which determine the governance and daily life of a people-something of their atavistic memories and instincts, of their social, religious and economic systems, it is not possible to sympathise with them in their perils and crises of change, or to render them the assistance which appreciation of their motives and intelligent anticipation of their needs might supply. -- Introduction.
The Cowshed
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Author : Ji Xianlin
language : en
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Release Date : 2016-03-08
The Cowshed written by Ji Xianlin and has been published by New York Review of Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Chinese Cultural Revolution began in 1966 and led to a ten-year-long reign of Maoist terror throughout China, in which millions died or were sent to labor camps in the country or subjected to other forms of extreme discipline and humiliation. Ji Xianlin was one of them. The Cowshed is Ji’s harrowing account of his imprisonment in 1968 on the campus of Peking University and his subsequent disillusionment with the cult of Mao. As the campus spirals into a political frenzy, Ji, a professor of Eastern languages, is persecuted by lecturers and students from his own department. His home is raided, his most treasured possessions are destroyed, and Ji himself must endure hours of humiliation at brutal “struggle sessions.” He is forced to construct a cowshed (a makeshift prison for intellectuals who were labeled class enemies) in which he is then housed with other former colleagues. His eyewitness account of this excruciating experience is full of sharp irony, empathy, and remarkable insights into a central event in Chinese history. In contemporary China, the Cultural Revolution remains a delicate topic, little discussed, but if a Chinese citizen has read one book on the subject, it is likely to be Ji’s memoir. When The Cowshed was published in China in 1998, it quickly became a bestseller. The Cultural Revolution had nearly disappeared from the collective memory. Prominent intellectuals rarely spoke openly about the revolution, and books on the subject were almost nonexistent. By the time of Ji’s death in 2009, little had changed, and despite its popularity, The Cowshed remains one of the only testimonies of its kind. As Zha Jianying writes in the introduction, “The book has sold well and stayed in print. But authorities also quietly took steps to restrict public discussion of the memoir, as its subject continues to be treated as sensitive. The present English edition, skillfully translated by Chenxin Jiang, is hence a welcome, valuable addition to the small body of work in this genre. It makes an important contribution to our understanding of that period.”
Old Madam Yin
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Author : Ida Pruitt
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1979
Old Madam Yin written by Ida Pruitt and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Social Science categories.
By the author of the classic A Daughter of Han, this is an affectionate, revealing portrait of an old, wealthy widow and her family in the Peking of the 1920s and early 1930s. Through the daily life and the memories of shrewd, forthright Lao Tai-tai, we are given an intimate glimpse into centuries-old way of life that was fast coming to an end. We explore the inner workings of an upper-class urban family: the relations between husbands wives and between wives and concubines, the interactions among brothers, the activities and family concerns of a widowed matriarch, and more generally the role of women in such a family. We go behind the high walls surrounding the family compound, and see how the houses, gardens, and courtyards are constructed according to precise rules derived from religious and aesthetic beliefs, and how the layouts of the rooms are closely related to their occupants' status and role in the family. We learn the enormous importance to the Chinese of protocol, etiquette, and reciprocal obligation, and we learn also of Peking's pleasures--traveling in rickshaws, eating in restaurants, visiting parks. Above all, the book captures the essence of prewar Chinese cultural and social values in the busy life and strong, complex personality of the memorable Lao Tai-tai.
City Of Heavenly Tranquility
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Author : Jasper Becker
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2008
City Of Heavenly Tranquility written by Jasper Becker and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
A tour de force by journalist Becker, this book explores how and why the Chinese buried their history and destroyed one of the world's most fabled cities, virtually extinguishing the culture of one of the greatest and oldest civilizations within the span of a single lifetime.
Inconvenient Memories
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Author : Anna Wang
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-05-15
Inconvenient Memories written by Anna Wang and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-15 with categories.
Inconvenient Memories is a rare and truthful memoir of a young woman's coming of age amid the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989. In 1989, Anna Wang was one of a lucky few who worked for a Japanese company, Canon. She traveled each day between her grandmother's dilapidated commune-style apartment and an extravagant office just steps from Tiananmen Square. Her daily commute on Beijing's impossibly crowded buses brought into view the full spectrum of China's economic and social inequalities during the economic transition. When Tiananmen Protests broke out, her Japanese boss was concerned whether the protests would obstruct Canon's assembly plant in China, and she was sent to Tiananmen Square on a daily basis to take photos for her boss to analyze for evidence of turning tides. From the perspective as a member of the emerging middle class, she observed firsthand that Tiananmen Protests stemmed from Chinese people's longing for political freedom and their fear for the nascent market economy, an observation that readers have never come across from the various accounts of the historical events so far.
Chinese Memories
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Author : Olivia Xiaoyu Wang Ph D
language : en
Publisher: Con.Fuci.Us
Release Date : 2016-09-06
Chinese Memories written by Olivia Xiaoyu Wang Ph D and has been published by Con.Fuci.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-06 with categories.
In the 1970s and '80s, girls and boys in China are not allowed to remain children long. For Morning Feather, life during the Cultural Revolution involves constant sacrifice. Even milk is rationed, as she finds out when she steals her baby sister's portion, sending the household into an uproar. Despite the huge societal changes occurring around her, Morning Feather focuses on things girls her age care about: her beloved cat, Gray-Gray, who suffers a violent death; her precious, mulberry-eating silkworms; Ray, the classmate she has a crush on... Ray always makes Morning Feather's heart skip a beat. She is heartbroken when Ray drops out of school to work at the local cement factory-at the age of thirteen! Decades later, Morning Feather encounters Ray again in an unexpected setting. Now a corporate attorney in the United States, she's agreed to assist her uncle in defeating a lawsuit in Beijing. When she returns to China as promised, she finds herself facing off against her first true love. Readers who enjoy stories about bygone times and different cultures will relish this quiet tale of a bittersweet homecoming.