Hakutulokset: Kirjat kustantajalta harvard university, asia center
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![Beacon Fire and Shooting Star](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/7278738/beacon-fire-and-shooting-star.jpg)
Beacon Fire and Shooting Star
The Liang dynasty (502–557) is one of the most brilliant and creative periods in Chinese history and one of the most underestimated and misunderstood. Under the Liang, literary …
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Anarchist Modernity
Mid-nineteenth century Russian radicals who witnessed the Meiji Restoration saw it as the most sweeping revolution in recent history and the impetus for future global progress. …
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Reading Philosophy, Writing Poetry
In a formative period of Chinese culture, early medieval writers made extensive use of a diverse set of resources, in which such major philosophical classics as Laozi, Zhuangzi, …
![Taiwan’s Imagined Geography](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/3083025/taiwans-imagined-geography.jpg)
Taiwan’s Imagined Geography
Until 300 years ago, the Chinese considered Taiwan a "land beyond the seas," a "ball of mud" inhabited by "naked and tattooed savages." The incorporation of this island into the …
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The Halberd at Red Cliff
The turn of the third century CE—known as the Jian’an era or Three Kingdoms period—holds double significance for the Chinese cultural tradition. Its writings laid the foundation of …
![An Introduction to Chinese Poetry](https://s1.adlibris.com/images/32254468/an-introduction-to-chinese-poetry.jpg)
An Introduction to Chinese Poetry
This innovative textbook for learning classical Chinese poetry moves beyond the traditional anthology of poems translated into English and instead brings readers—including those …
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Mao’s Invisible Hand
Observers have been predicting the demise of China’s political system since Mao Zedong’s death over thirty years ago. The Chinese Communist state, however, seems to have become …
![Chiang Kai-shek’s Politics of Shame](https://s2.adlibris.com/images/60188952/chiang-kai-sheks-politics-of-shame.jpg)
Chiang Kai-shek’s Politics of Shame
Once a powerful figure who reversed the disintegration of China and steered the country to Allied victory in World War II, Chiang Kai-shek fled into exile following his 1949 defeat …
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The Tokyo War Crimes Trial
This book assesses the historical significance of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE)—commonly called the Tokyo trial—established as the eastern …
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Du Fu Transforms
Often considered China’s greatest poet, Du Fu (712–770) came of age at the height of the Tang dynasty, in an era marked by confidence that the accumulated wisdom of the precedent …
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Drifting among Rivers and Lakes
What drives literary change? Does literature merely follow shifts in a culture, or does it play a distinctive role in shaping emergent trends? Michael Fuller explores these …
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Daoist Modern
This book explores the Daoist encounter with modernity through the activities of Chen Yingning (1880–1969), a famous lay Daoist master, and his group in early twentieth-century …