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Olivia Milburn
Both these highly influential accounts have shaped understandings of the role of women in conquest dynasty courts for centuries, yet both can be shown to be forgeries, dating to the…
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Feng Jicai
Beginning in the Cultural Revolution, The Enemies of Art describes the lives of three friends who dream of artistic pursuit. However, when freedom finally comes in the Reform period, they…
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Feng, Jicai
In a series of beautifully illustrated short stories, author and artist Feng Jicai introduces some weird and wonderful characters from the port city of Tianjin in northeast China where he…
The Glory of Yue is the first translation into any Western language of the Yuejue shu, a collection of essays on history, literature, religion, architecture, economic thought, military science, and…
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The Spring and Autumn Annals of Master Yan is one of the most important works concerning statecraft to survive from ancient China, here made accessible to English-language readers for the…
The heart of Urbanization in Early and Medieval China consists of translations of three gazetteers written during the Han (206 BCE-220 CE), Tang (618-907), and Northern Song (960-1126) dynasties describing…
Zhao Feiyan (45-1 BCE), the second empress appointed by Emperor Cheng of the Han dynasty (207 BCE-220 CE), was born in slavery and trained in the performing arts, a background…
The rapid rise and fall of the southern kingdom of Wu inspired many memorials in the former capital city of Suzhou, including the building of temples, shrines, and monuments. Analyzing…
An approachable and readable translation of a classic work of Chinese literature and landmark work of non-Western fiction writing.
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Yao Emei
A collection of four short stories on the brutal realities of family life in modern China. When a household crumbles, it's always the women who are left picking up the…
Tianjin, 1900. Tensions rise between Chinese natives and European colonists as ‘bulletproof’ Boxer warriors march on the city. Meanwhile, a forbidden romance ignites between idle gentleman Ouyang Jue and Xenia…
Feng Menglong
This abridged edition introduces readers to the power and drama of this electrifying classic Chinese novel. One of the great works of Chinese literature, beloved in East Asia but virtually…
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Translated in full for the first time, this first volume immerses readers in the power and drama of the electrifying classic Chinese novel.
Deep inside the Zhou royal palace, an…
Translated in full for the first time, this second volume immerses readers in the power and drama of the electrifying classic Chinese novel.
Lord Wen of Jin brings some temporary…
Translated in full for the first time, this third volume immerses readers in the power and drama of the electrifying classic Chinese novel.
The three great southern states of Chu…
Translated in full for the first time, this fourth volume immerses readers in the power and drama of the electrifying classic Chinese novel.
Many centuries of violence have forged a…
Fang Fang
In 1926, the walled city of Wuchang, now part of modern-day Wuhan, lay under siege for forty days, and the human cost was devastating. Fang Fang's riveting novel is based…
Su Tong
Memoirs & micro-essays from the master of implication among China’s top writers. It is composed of sanwen, a traditional free prose form. Ranging from boisterous urban sketches to quiet musings…
