Tang Dynasty Tales A Guided Reader Volume 2
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| Author | : William H Nienhauser, Jr |
| Publisher | : World Scientific |
| Total Pages | : 475 |
| Release | : 2016-01-11 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 9814719544 |
This volume supplements Tang Tales, A Guided Reader (Volume 1; 2010) and presents twelve more Tang tales, going beyond the standard corpus of these narratives to include six stories translated into English for the first time. The rich annotation and translator's notes for these twelve tales provide insights into many aspects of Tang material culture and medieval thought, including Buddhism and Daoism.In addition to meticulously annotated translations, the book offers original texts (with some textual notes), and commentaries in the form of translator's notes, thereby joining the first volume of Tang tales as the only collections that introduce students to Tang tales while also challenging specialists interested in the field.
| Author | : William H. Nienhauser |
| Publisher | : World Scientific |
| Total Pages | : 475 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9814719536 |
"This volume supplements Tang Tales, A Guided Reader (Volume 1; 2010) and presents twelve more Tang tales, going beyond the standard corpus of these narratives to include six stories translated into English for the first time. The rich annotation and translator's notes for these twelve tales provide insights into many aspects of Tang material culture and medieval thought, including Buddhism and Daoism. In addition to meticulously annotated translations, the book offers original texts (with some textual notes), and commentaries in the form of translator's notes, thereby joining the first volume of Tang tales as the only collections that introduce students to Tang tales while also challenging specialists interested in the field."--
| Author | : William H. Nienhauser |
| Publisher | : World Scientific Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 476 |
| Release | : 2015-11-25 |
| Genre | : Chinese fiction |
| ISBN | : 9789814719520 |
This volume supplements Tang Tales, A Guided Reader (Volume 1; 2010) and presents twelve more Tang tales, going beyond the standard corpus of these narratives to include six stories translated into English for the first time. The rich annotation and translator's notes for these twelve tales provide insights into many aspects of Tang material culture and medieval thought, including Buddhism and Daoism. In addition to meticulously annotated translations, the book offers original texts (with some textual notes), and commentaries in the form of translator's notes, thereby joining the first volume of Tang tales as the only collections that introduce students to Tang tales while also challenging specialists interested in the field.
| Author | : Victor H. Mair |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 201 |
| Release | : 2022-05-05 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 135026329X |
With commentary and annotations throughout, Ming Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader presents for the first time in English 10 key stories from China's Ming Dynasty era. Casting new light on this significant period in Chinese literary history, these tales bring Ming era China vividly to life, from its chaotic beginnings to its imperial heyday. As well as bearing witness to social change across the 100-year life of the Yuan Dynasty from 1260 to 1368, these tales tackle key themes of war and peace and Confucian values of loyalty, filiality, chastity, and righteousness.
| Author | : Zhenjun Zhang |
| Publisher | : World Scientific |
| Total Pages | : 370 |
| Release | : 2017-02-07 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 9813143290 |
Together with the noted Tang dynasty tales, Song dynasty tales have long been highly valued and widely read in the Chinese world. As the first English translations of a selected collection of 12 Song dynasty tales, this book opens a window into the world of literature, culture, and the colorful lives of the royal house and common people in the 10th- to 13th-centuries. In addition to the translation and meticulous annotations, it offers a general introduction as well as commentaries on each tale.
| Author | : Victor H Mair |
| Publisher | : World Scientific |
| Total Pages | : 863 |
| Release | : 2020-03-17 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 9811216525 |
This volume is the first complete English rendition of the 45 famous tales in the monumental anthology masterfully selected and edited by Lu Xun (1881-1936). It is the most distinctive, authoritative, and influential chuanqi collection thus far, and many of the pieces are rendered for the first time. This is an important contribution to the field of Chinese studies in the English-speaking world.
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| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : China |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Wu Cheng'en |
| Publisher | : Asiapac Books Pte Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 177 |
| Release | : 2018-08-14 |
| Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
| ISBN | : 9812298894 |
The bestselling Journey to the West comic book by artist Chang Boon Kiat is now back in a brand new fully coloured edition. Journey to the West is one of the greatest classics in Chinese literature. It tells the epic tale of the monk Xuanzang who journeys to the West in search of the Buddhist sutras with his disciples, Sun Wukong, Sandy and Pigsy. Along the way, Xuanzang's life was threatened by the diabolical White Bone Spirit, the menacing Red Child and his fearsome parents and, a host of evil spirits who sought to devour Xuanzang's flesh to attain immortality. Bear witness to the formidable Sun Wukong's (Monkey God) prowess as he takes them on, using his Fiery Eyes, Golden Cudgel, Somersault Cloud, and quick wits! Be prepared for a galloping read that will leave you breathless!
| Author | : Maywan Shen Krach |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9781885008169 |
An alphabet-book approach to exploring the beauty and richness of the Chinese culture.
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| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 608 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : China |
| ISBN | : |
