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The Grand Scribe S Records Volume Xi

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Author : Ssu-ma Ch'ien
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2019-07-31

The Grand Scribe S Records Volume Xi written by Ssu-ma Ch'ien and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-31 with History categories.

Part of the extraordinary multi-volume portrait of ancient China written by a court official of the Han Dynasty. The Grand Scribe’s Records, Volume XI presents the final nine memoirs of Ssu-ma Ch’ien’s history, continuing the series of collective biographies with seven more prosopographies on the ruthless officials, the wandering gallants, the artful favorites, those who discern auspicious days, turtle and stalk diviners, and those whose goods increase, punctuated by the final account of Emperor Wu’s wars against neighboring peoples and concluded with Ssu-ma Ch’ien’s postface containing a history of his family and himself. Praise for the series: “[An] indispensable addition to modern sinology.” —China Review International “The English translation has been done meticulously.” —Choice

The Grand Scribe S Records Volume X

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Author : Ssu-ma Ch'ien
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2020-04-07

The Grand Scribe S Records Volume X written by Ssu-ma Ch'ien and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-07 with History categories.

A remarkable document of ancient Chinese history: “[An] indispensable addition to modern sinology.” —China Review International This volume of The Grand Scribe’s Records includes the second segment of Han-dynasty memoirs and deals primarily with men who lived and served under Emperor Wu (r. 141–87 B.C.). The lead chapter presents a parallel biography of two ancient physicians, Pien Ch’üeh and Ts’ang Kung, providing a transition between the founding of the Han dynasty and its heyday under Wu. The account of Liu P’i is framed by the great rebellion he led in 154 B.C. and the remaining chapters trace the careers of court favorites, depict the tribulations of an ill-fated general, discuss the Han’s greatest enemy, the Hsiung-nu, and provide accounts of two great generals who fought them. The final memoir is structured around memorials by two strategists who attempted to lead Emperor Wu into negotiations with the Hsiung-nu, a policy that Ssu-ma Ch’ien himself supported.

The Grand Scribe S Records Volume Ix

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Author : Ssu-ma Ch'ien
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2019-08-01

The Grand Scribe S Records Volume Ix written by Ssu-ma Ch'ien and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-01 with History categories.

A remarkable document of ancient Chinese history: “[An] indispensable addition to modern sinology.” —China Review International This volume of The Grand Scribe’s Records includes the second segment of Han-dynasty memoirs and deals primarily with men who lived and served under Emperor Wu (r. 141–87 B.C.). The lead chapter presents a parallel biography of two ancient physicians, Pien Ch’üeh and Ts’ang Kung, providing a transition between the founding of the Han dynasty and its heyday under Wu. The account of Liu P’i is framed by the great rebellion he led in 154 B.C. and the remaining chapters trace the careers of court favorites, depict the tribulations of an ill-fated general, discuss the Han’s greatest enemy, the Hsiung-nu, and provide accounts of two great generals who fought them. The final memoir is structured around memorials by two strategists who attempted to lead Emperor Wu into negotiations with the Hsiung-nu, a policy that Ssu-ma Ch’ien himself supported.

The Grand Scribe S Records Volume Vii

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Author : Ssu-ma Ch'ien
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1995-01-22

The Grand Scribe S Records Volume Vii written by Ssu-ma Ch'ien and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-22 with History categories.

"An essential source for the study of events in early China, a guide to the moral philosophy of the gentlemen of Han, and a splendid work of literature which may be read for the pleasure of its style and the power of its narrative. ... This work makes Shi ji and its scholarship accessible to any reader of English, and it is a model for any work in this field and style." --Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies "Through such work as this, the scholary and literary community of the West will learn more of the splendour and romance of early China, and may better appreciate the lessons in humanity presented by its great historian." --Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies "Nienhauser's new translation is scrupulously scholarly... the design of this series is nearly flawless... the translation itself is very precise..." --Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews This project will result in the first complete translation (in nine volumes) of the Shih chi (The Grand Scribe's Records), one of the most important narratives in traditional China. Ssu-ma Ch'ien (145-c.86 B.C.), who compiled the work, is known as the Herodotus of China.

Xiong Shili S Treatise On Reality And Function

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Author : Shili Xiong
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023

Xiong Shili S Treatise On Reality And Function written by Shili Xiong and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Philosophy categories.

Xiong Shili (1885-1968) is widely recognized as a founding figure of the modern New Confucian school of philosophy and seen by many as one of the most important and creative Chinese philosophers of the twentieth century. His ultimate concern throughout his long intellectual career was to show that "reality (ti) and function (yong) are non-dual." Reality is the "locus" that ontologically grounds the phenomenal yet is not different from the phenomenal. His onto-cosmology draws syncretically on a diverse range of resources in the Chinese philosophical tradition to construct his own overarching metaphysical vision. Treatise on Reality and Function (Ti yong lun) is the mature expression of Xiong's signature metaphysical doctrine and sets out his developed account of his Confucian philosophy of mind and nature. Published in 1958, Xiong considered it to be his most important philosophical achievement but it has never before appeared in English. This annotated translation by John Makeham presents the text along with the original foreword attributed to Han Yuankai, and Xiong's original preface.

The Grand Scribe S Records

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Author : Qian Sima
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1994

The Grand Scribe S Records written by Qian Sima and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.

This second volume of the ongoing annotated translation of Ssu-ma Ch'ien's Shi chi(The Grand Scribe's Records), widely acknowledged as the most important early Chinese history, contains the "basic annals" of five early Han-dynasty emperors. The annals trace the first century of Han rule (206 BC to ca. 100 BC) in a year-by-year account that focuses on imperial activities. In The Grand Scribe's Records, Ssu-ma Ch'ien revitalised the style of the annals he had written for previous rulers. Here are accounts of the peasant who founded the dynasty, Liu Pang, a man noted as much for his licentiousness as he was his ruthless political instinct, and of his cruel wife, Empress Lÿ, who murdered her chief rival for Liu Pang's affections in the most gruesome manner. The annals of two relatively undistinguished emperors follow. The volume concludes with Ssu-ma's depiction of perhaps the greatest ruler of the Han, Emperor Wu, told within the context of his delusive attempts to find a means to achieve immortality. When completed this translation will bring all 130 chapters of the Shih chi into English. Volumes 1 and 7 were published by Indiana University Press in 1994.

A General Survey Of Song Poetry Sanqu Of Yuan China 1260 1368

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Author : Yishan Zhao
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2025-05-19

A General Survey Of Song Poetry Sanqu Of Yuan China 1260 1368 written by Yishan Zhao and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-05-19 with Literary Criticism categories.

This book provides a survey of Yuan sanqu, with its principal sections focusing on fundamental theories, compositional features, and historical evolution. Its treatment of qu criticism and bibliography offers a comprehensive perspective on the defining characteristics of sanqu. Serving both as a general overview of sanqu and a foundation for future research, this publication explores this unique yet historically marginalized genre of song-poetry. It generates new insights through textual analysis and the nuanced discussion of dualistic concepts, such as the interplay between literature and music, the Song and Yuan dynasties, and the relationship between ci-lyrics and song-poetry.

The Origin And Early Development Of The Zhou Changes

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Author : Edward Shaughnessy
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-08-15

The Origin And Early Development Of The Zhou Changes written by Edward Shaughnessy and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-15 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.

The Zhou Changes, better known in the West as I Ching, is one of the masterpieces of world literature. This book, the climax of more than forty years of research in Chinese archaeology, explores the text’s origins in the oracle-bone and milfoil divinations of Bronze Age China and how it transformed over the course of the Zhou dynasty into the first of the Chinese classics. The book provides an in-depth survey of the theory and practice of divination to demonstrate how the hexagram and line statements of the text were produced and how they were understood at the time.

The Eurasian Way Of War

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Author : David A. Graff
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-03-10

The Eurasian Way Of War written by David A. Graff and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-10 with History categories.

This book is a comparative study of military practice in Sui-Tang China and the Byzantine Empire between approximately 600 and 700 CE. It covers all aspects of the military art from weapons and battlefield tactics to logistics, campaign organization, military institutions, and the grand strategy of empire. Whilst not neglecting the many differences between the Chinese and Byzantines, this book highlights the striking similarities in their organizational structures, tactical deployments and above all their extremely cautious approach to warfare. It shows that, contrary to the conventional wisdom positing a straightforward Western way of war and an "Oriental" approach characterized by evasion and trickery, the specifics of Byzantine military practice in the seventh century differed very little from what was known in Tang China. It argues that these similarities cannot be explained by diffusion or shared cultural influences, which were limited, but instead by the need to deal with common problems and confront common enemies, in particular the nomadic peoples of the Eurasian steppes. Overall, this book provides compelling evidence that pragmatic needs may have more influence than deep cultural imperatives in determining a society’s "way of war."

One Thousand Years The Stories Of Giao Ch U The Kingdoms Of Linyi Funan And Zhenla

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Author : Tan Pham
language : en
Publisher: 315Kio Publishing
Release Date : 2022-10-28

One Thousand Years The Stories Of Giao Ch U The Kingdoms Of Linyi Funan And Zhenla written by Tan Pham and has been published by 315Kio Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-28 with Architecture categories.

During the Vietnam War, the country was divided at the 17th parallel. About 140 kilometres north of this dividing line is a mountain pass called Ngang pass. The land south of this pass, about 60 per cent of present-day Vietnam, was occupied for centuries by the kingdoms of Linyi, Funan and Zhenla. But most people either have not heard of them or have only vague ideas about them. This book is about these kingdoms. North of Ngang pass, Giao Châu, was ruled by northern dynasties for over a thousand years from the 2nd century BCE to the 10th century CE, barring a few intervals of independence. This volume also tells how the people of Giao Châu came out of this long period to become an independent nation and why they did not want to become part of dynastic China. This is Volume II of the book series, “A Traveller’s Story of Vietnam’s Past”; it continues where Volume I, “The Bronze Drums and The Earrings”, ends. The book contains 73 figures and illustrations. It tells the stories of familiar Vietnamese heroes like the Trưng sisters, Lady Triệu, the Black Emperor and Ngô Quyền. It also discusses the beginning of Buddhism in Vietnam and the stories of Shi Xie’s clan. The stories of Linyi’s kings and how the bloodthirsty Fan Wen and his successors prevented the Northern Dynasties from going beyond the Ngang pass are also explained. The expansion of the Funan territory from southern Vietnam to the Malay Peninsula by Fan Shiman is included. The little-known Nanzhao-An Nam War is also told with some details. The battle of the Bạch Đằng river in 938, when Giao Châu (Vietnam) gained independence, is recounted. Like Volume I, many places associated with historical events are also described in the book, including the sanctuary of Mỹ Sơn and its donation by King Bhavavarman. Chapter 1 – A summary of this book Chapter 2 – Under the Han - Giao Châu I Chapter 3 – Shi Xie and the beginning of Buddhism in Vietnam - Lady Triệu rebellion - Giao Châu II Chapter 4 – A forest town - the kingdom of Linyi and the Fans - A Generation of Raiders - Linyi I Chapter 5 – One hundred years of raids and plunders (336 to 446) - Linyi II Chapter 6 – The end of Linyi - Linyi III Chapter 7 – The inscriptions and the Varman’s - Linyi IV Chapter 8 – The Roman medals and the Óc Eo culture - Funan/Zhenla I Chapter 9 – The Kingdoms of Funan and Zhenla - Funan/Zhenla II Chapter 10 ̶ Pre-Angkor Inscriptions and three Khmer towers - Funan/Zhenla III Chapter 11 – Ten thousand springs or Vạn Xuân (542-602) - Giao Châu III Chapter 12 – The Black Emperor - The Great Father and Mother King or Bố Cái Đại Vương - Giao Châu IV Chapter 13 – Surrounded by rivers - A city of lakes: Hanoi, a nation capital - Giao Châu V Chapter 14 – The Nanzhao-An Nam war - Giao Châu VI Chapter 15 – Prelude to independence - Giao Châu VII Chapter 16 – The Dawn of Independence - Giao Châu VIII Chapter 17 – Conclusions Appendix 1 – Sources of Vietnamese history in the Chinese language used in this book Appendix 2 – Sources of Vietnamese history by Vietnamese authors written before the 19th century Appendix 3 – Names in Pinyin Chinese, English, and Vietnamese Appendix 4 – Polities under the Northern Rule period Appendix 5 – Giao Chỉ (Jiaozhi), Giao Châu (Jiaozhou), Luy Lâu (Leilou) and Long Biên (Longbian) Appendix 6 – List of Governors, Prefects etc. Appendix 7 – In Search of ancient Hanoi Appendix 8 – Ma Yuan’s expeditions Appendix 9 – The Kings of Linyi Appendix 10 ̶ The Kings of Funan and Zhenla Appendix 11 – The land that was Linyi Appendix 12 – Citadels of blood and gold Appendix 13 – An eyewitness account of the Nanzhao-An Nam war Appendix 14 – The population question Appendix 15 – Of li, bu, chi, liang, and jin Appendix 16 – Museums in Southern Vietnam Bibliography