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Lu Xun / chinesischer Schriftsteller / Intellektueller / Literaturgeschichte Biografie / - Davies, Gloria
Lu Xun's Revolution: Writing in a Time of Violence Text: english
Harvard Univ Pr 09.04.2013. 408 Seiten, 23,6 x 15,5 x 3,8 cm, Top Zustand, Gebundene Ausgabe, Halbleinen, Exemplar in guten Erhaltungszustand
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Lu Xun and Others
MASTERPIECES OF MODERN CHINESE FICTION, 1919-1949
563p. Translated from Chinese. Softcover, near new. In the thirty years from the literary revolution of 1919 to the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, China experienced a great flowering in literary creativity. The present selection comprises twenty-four outstanding short stories by twenty-four of the most talented writers of this period. The stories reveal the sufferings of the Chinese people in the years before liberation and show also the revolutionary course taken by them in their search for a new life. They also demonstrate the high level of writing achieved in this period: each is a valuable contribution to the treasury of modern Chinese literature. In compiling this collection, the editors have taken into account both the position of the author in modern Chinese literary history and the representativeness of the story in the author's creative work. For the convenience of the readers, each story is followed by a brief biography of the author. B
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Lu Xun, ( Lu hsun)
Selected Works in Four Volumes. Boxed Set
4 volumes in 8vo Green leatherette with gilt spine lettering, DWs as new. Volume One: 440pp, 18 Short Stories, 19 Prose Poems and 9 Essays (1918-1926); Volume Two: 382pp, 74 Essays written between 1918 and 1927; Volume Three: , 378pp, 97 Essays written between 1928 and 1933); Volume Four: 347pp, 76 Essays written between 1934 and 1936. Each volume contains a brief introduction to the historical background of the works included in the volume. Illustrated. Cardboard box. extra shipping.for intenational customers.
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Lu Xun: Zeitgenosse
Begleitband zur Ausstellung in der Staatsbibliothek Berlin
Herausgegeben von Egbert Baqué u. Heinz Spreitz. Berlin, Leibniz-Gesellschaft für kulturellen Austausch, 1979. 4to. 27,5:21 cm. Mit fotografischen Abbildungen u. Illustrationen. 223 S. Illustrierter Or.-Kart. [5 Warenabbildungen]
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LU YAW (CURATOR).
Lee Kong Chian Art Museum: Collection of Chinese Ceramics Bronze Archaic Jade Painting and Calligraphy - In the Light of Recent Discoveries
Singapore.: Singapore University Press. First Edition. 1990. 2 black and white maps numerous colour and black and white photographic plates line drawings blue cloth covered boards lettered in gilt xvi 440pp introduction chronology index. A fine copy in lightly rubbed dustjacket. . Singapore University Press. hardcover
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Lu Yu
Le Classique Du thé
Couverture souple. Traduit du chinois par Catherine DESPEUX. Présentation de l'éditeur : "Une petite feuille amère, sur un arbre qui pouvait atteindre plus de vingt mètres de haut, est devenue, un jour, lorigine de la boisson la plus recherchée dans le monde entier : le thé. En Chine, cette petite feuille doit aussi son succès à un homme dont le fabuleux destin la conduit à devenir le dieu du thé : Lu Yu (733-804). Il est le premier à avoir présenté une synthèse des différents aspects du thé et à avoir posé les bases de lart de la dégustation dans son ouvrage élevé au rang de livre canonique : Le classique du thé.".
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Lu Zhongli
Power of the Words: Chen Prophecy in Chinese Politics AD 265-618
8vo, br, ed. 394pp. This is a study of the sociopolitical role of the belief in chen prophecy in early medieval China. The chen prophecies discussed in this work are not confined to the traditional prophetic-apocryphal texts. Many contemporary prophecies emerged and circulated in association with current events; personal names, reign titles, poems, folk and children's rhymes, even rumor-rhymes were recognized as heavenly revelations. Although prophetic utterances were used as psychological weapons in politics, it would be wrong to regard chen prophecy as simply political propaganda. Chen prophecies were believed to be genuine prophetic messages at the time. Chen prophecy was an indispensable part of a symbolic ritual of legitimation of mandate-transfer. It was recognized as a coded revelation that derived its prophetic power from the primitive belief in the magic power of words. The emphasis on winning public acceptance may have been another source of its prophetic power. Social integration, legitimation of dynastic change, and the hopes for a better future in an age of tumult thus depended on the belief in the interaction between Heaven's mandate and man's destiny.
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Lu, Henry C.
The Time-Honored Chinese Techniques of Acupuncture
White duodecimo; b&w illus, 62 p No WorldCat record found. Scarce || Chinese; Medicine.
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Lu, Xia
Grimms Märchen in China. Begegnung, Rezeption und Wirkung. In: Berichte aus der Literaturwissenschaft. Beiliegend: Brief vom Autor.
Aachen, Shaker, 2011. Dissertation-Phil. Mit 78 Abbild., 324 S. 8°, OBrosch.
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Lu, Xin
China, China ... Western architects and city planners in China.
Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz, 2008. 8°. 109 S., Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. kart. Schönes Exemplar.
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Lu, Xun
Die grosse Mauer. Erzählungen, Essays, Gedichte. (1.-10. Tsd.).
Nördlingen, Franz Greno, 1987. 444 S. (= Die andere Bibliothek). 21,5 cm. OPp. mit goldgeprägtem RSch.
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Lu, Xun
Einige Erzählungen. von Lu Hsün
Peking : Verlag für Fremdsprachige Literatur, 1974. 442 S. : Ill.; ; 20 cm Pp.
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LUBBOCK Basil
The China Clippers. [Seventh Edition.] UNUSUALLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Seventh Edition, with frontispiece, plates and folding plans, top and fore-edge lightly spotted; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a remarkably bright, clean copy. A standard reference by one of the leading historians of the age of sail.
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LUBBOCK Basil
The China Clippers. [Third Edition.] UNUSUALLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Third Edition, with frontispiece, title in red and black, plates and folding plans, small neat inscription on front free endpaper, free endpapers lightly browned; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in white, case a little loose (but binding entirely sound), an unusually bright, clean copy. A standard reference by one of the leading historians of the age of sail.
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Lubbock, Basil
The China Clippers.
Glasgow, Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1946. New edition. 4to. XIII, 295pp. With 21 illustrations and 11 plans. Orig. cloth with dw.
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Lubbock, Basil
The China Clippers. (7th edition).
Glasgow, Brown, Son & Ferguson, (1929). Gr.-8vo. Mit zahlr., teils gef. Plänen u. Taf. XII S., 2 Bl., 385, XXIV S. OLwd. m. goldgeprägt. Deckel- u. Rückentitel.
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LUBOT (Eugene)
Liberalism in an Illiberal Age: New Culture Liberals in Republican China, 1919-1937
USA, Greenwood Press, 1982. 1 volume, hard covers, in-8, xi+194 pp., 7 illustrations, very good copy.
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Lucas, Richard
Secrets of the Chinese Herbalists
8vo, cloth in dj. pp. 248 Step by step guide with detailed instructions for preparing herbal formulas and tonics.These safe, effective Chinese herbal remedies have worked for thousands of years to heal disease and relieve suffering--and, in this landmark book, the author offers documented proof that they can work as well for you today. a few underlinings, ow very good. istruzioni dettagliate per preparazioni erbali cinesi.
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Luce, Henry R. (Editor)
Fortune Magazine Vol. Xvii No. 2 February 1938
New York: Time - Fortune Inc. 1938. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good. 14" Tall. Spine Has Wear Split At Top 1" 1/2" Chip And Associated Tears And Wrinkling At Lower Tip Of Front Cover Faint Circular Glass Mark On Front Cover. <br/> <br/> Time - Fortune, Inc. unknown
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Luce, Phillip Abbott.
THE NEW LEFT TODAY: America's Trojan Horse.
pp. xii, 164. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn. Second printing. "The New Left offers totalitarianism instead of freedom." Coldwar/Economics 3
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LUCIEN-GRAUX (Docteur)
Les Caractères Médicaux dans l'Ecriture Chinoise
Paris, Editions A. Maloine, 1914. 1 volume in-12, 276 pp., reliure moderne plein cuir bordeaux, illustré de 270 figures représentant 270 caractères chinois, dûs à l'élégant pinceau de M. Ma-Si-Tsan, intérieur frais, bon état général.
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LUCIEN-GRAUX (Docteur)
Les Caractères Médicaux dans l'Ecriture Chinoise
Paris, Editions A. Maloine, 1914. 1 volume in-12, 276 pp., reliure moderne plein cuir beige, illustré de 270 figures représentant 270 caractères chinois, dûs à l'élégant pinceau de M. Ma-Si-Tsan, intérieur frais malgré les rousseurs habituelles, bon état général.
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Lucke, Dr.Med.Walter
Ins Land der fliegenden Köpfe. Reiseerlebnisse im Osten.
Hamburg, Uhlenhorst, o. J. (um 1935). Mit Abb. auf Tafeln ; 8°, 286 S., roter Org.-Lwd.
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Lucke, Walter
Ins Land der fliegenden Köpfe. Reiseerlebnisse im Osten.
Hamburg, Brenner, um 1930. 287 S. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen auf Tafeln. Gr.-8° (22,5 x 16 cm). Original-Leinwand.
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Lucke, Walter
Ins Land der fliegenden Köpfe. Reiseerlebnisse im Osten.
Hamburg, Brenner, ca.1930. Mit zahlreichen photographischen Abbildungen auf Tafeln. 286 S. OLwd.
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LUCY (Armand) - [CAMPAGNE DE CHINE 1860]
Expédition de Chine - 1860 - Lettres Intimes sur la Campagne de Chine en 1860
Marseille, Imprimerie et Lythographie Jules Barile, 1861. 1 volume in-8, 204 pp., reliure moderne plein cuir brun, couvertures imprimées conservées mais défraîchies et salies, petit manque de papier angulaire sur le dernier plat, rousseurs éparses, parfois prononcées, bon état d'ensemble. L'ouvrage est enrichi d'un envoi autographe de l'auteur Armand Lucy, d'un frontispice (Ch. Cousin de Montauban), de figures in texte de 5 gravures et de 2 cartes hors texte, dont un plan dépliant de Pékin in fine.
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LUCY (Armand) - [CAMPAGNE DE CHINE 1860]
Expédition de Chine - 1860 - Lettres Intimes sur la Campagne de Chine en 1860
Marseille, Imprimerie et Lythographie Jules Barile, 1861. 1 volume in-8, 204 pp., reliure ancienne demi-chagrin, plats cartonnés marbrés, rousseurs éparses habituelles, bon état d'ensemble. L'ouvrage est enrichi d'un frontispice (Ch. Cousin de Montauban), de figures in texte de 5 gravures et de 2 cartes hors texte, dont un plan dépliant de Pékin in fine.
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Lucy Maxym
Russian Lacquer Legends and Fairy Tales. 2 volumes
Manhasset NY: Siamese Imports 1988. Later printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 4tos 80 80 pages black cloth <br/><br/>This is the first work published in the United States on this important 20th century art form - Russian Lacquer Miniature Painting. These painted articles are produced properly in only four Russian villages and with images from fairy tales and folklore. Siamese Imports hardcover
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Lucy Maxym
Russian Lacquer Legends and Fairy Tales
Manhasset NY: Siamese Imports 1984. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Good/good. 4to 79 pages black cloth; tears to dj <br/><br/>Signed by Maxym on title-page. Siamese Imports hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 6080 ISBN : 0940202018 9780940202016
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LUDOVICO DI GIURA
LE FAMOSE CONCUBINE IMPERIALI
In 8. Dim. 24,5x18 cm. Pp. 416+(8). Bella edizione del 1958 di qusto volume sulle famose concubine nell'Impero cinese di Ludovico di Giura. Nota introduttiva e appendice di Giovanni di Giura. L'autore descrive usi e costumi di famose donne vissute all'ombra delle grandi dinastie: Ciao Ciun, Hsi Scih, Yang Kuè-Fei, Hsiao-Van, Hsiang Fei, Tzu Hsi. Alla fine canzone dell'infinita tristezza e dell'infinito amore.Il testo è impreziosito da 38 planches colorate. Bella copertina in seta illustrata e custodia in plexiglas con titoli serigrafati. Copertina in seta illustrata in discrete condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso e lievi gore d'umidità. Custodia in plexiglas presenta varie rotture. Legatura in ottime condizioni. All'interno le pagine si presentano in ottime condizioni con rare fioriture.Beautiful edition of 1958 of this volume about famous prostitutes of China written by Ludovico di Giura. Introductive notes and appendix by Giovanni di Giura. The author describes usage and costumes of prostitutes lived on the dark of great Dinasties: Ciao Ciun, Hsi Scih, Yang Kuè-Fei, Hsiao-Van, Hsiang Fei, Tzu Hsi. At the end canzone dell'infinita trsitezza e dell'infinito amore. The text is enriched by 38 coloured planches. Beautiufl silk illustrated cover with plexiglas case with titles. Silk illustrated cover in fair general conditions with wearings in the edges and spine and slight humidity stains. case in fair conditions with cracks. Binding in very good conditions. Inside pages are in very good conditions with occasional foxings.
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Ludwig, Klemens [Hrsg.]
Perspektiven für Tibet.
München : Diamant-Verlag, 2000. Auf dem Weg zu einer Zukunft in Freiheit und Selbstbestimmung (Mit einem Originalbeitrag des Dalai Lama) 164 S. Paperback / kartonierte Ausgabe
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Lufrano Richard John
Honorable Merchants: Commerce and Self-Cultivation in Late Imperial China (Studies of the East Asian Institute)
8vo, orig.cloth in dj 15cm, xii,241 pp Contents: Introduction; The Late Imperial World: Commerce, Education & Society; The Confucian Origins of Apprentice's Education; The Apprentice's Education Begins; Relations with Government & Community; Personal Relations in the Marketplace; The Market, Management, Money & Finance; Travel & Crime; Conclusion: Self-Cultivation in Mid-level Merchant Culture;Appendix: The Maoyi xuzhi Manual. In light of East Asia's current economic success, it has become increasingly clear that Confucian social thought, long assumed in Western scholarship to be a major stumbling block to economic development, can, under the proper circumstances, have exactly the opposite effect. Lufrano's study is the most sustained and sophisticated of recent reevaluations of Confucianism's role in the rapid commercial development in the late Ming to mid-Qing period. It will be of great interest and value to scholars in the growing field of Chinese business history and should be welcomed by those interested in the Confucian roots of Pacific Rim business practice. About the Author: Richard Lufrano is assistant professor of history at Barnard College.
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Lui, Adam Y.C
Chinese Censors and the Alien Emperor, 1644-1660 (= Centre of Asian Studies Occasional Papers and Monographs, No. 26).
Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong, 1978. 3 Blatt, 154 S., 2 Blatt. Etwas größere Orig.-Broschur. Mit kleinem chinesischem Stempel und das letzte Blatt mit Besitzvermerk in Kugelschreiber, sonst schönes, gut erhaltenes Exemplar mit nur leichten Gebrauchsspuren.
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Lui-Sang Wong and Sen-Huai Ye
Paintings by Francis Suen
Shanghai Point-line Art Design 2002. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. French flaps. 50 plates. Introduction in English and Chinese. Measures 10x10 inches. Includes a photograph of the artist. Shanghai Point-line Art Design paperback
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Luis Rodrigues; Michael Moorcock; China Mieville; Jeff VanderMeer; James Sallis; Jeffrey Ford
Breaking Windows: A Fantastic Metropolis Sampler
Prime. Paperback. Binding sound text clean light shelfwear. . Very Good. Soft cover. 2003. Prime paperback
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Lum McCunn, Ruthanne
Mille pièces d'or
France: l'école des loisirs 1986 Mille pièces d'or c'est l'histoire de Lalu Nathoy qui devint par la suite Polly Bernis. Quelques personnages imaginaires ont été ajoutés et certains événements transposés afin d'équilibrer le récit mais pour l'essentiel cette biographie est vraie. Au milieu du dix-neuvième siècle en Chine au cours des périodes de famine des bandes armées écumant la campagne attaquent les villages. Lors d'une de ces attaques la jeune Lalu est achetée par le chef des bandits contre un sac de grain. Revendue à une luxueuse maison de prostitution puis à une entremetteuse elle se retrouve dans la cale d'un navire qui la transporte aux Etats-Unis où elle devient l'esclave d'un Chinois tenancier de saloon avant d'être gagnée au poker par son futur mari. La suite des aventures de Lalu se situe dans l'Ouest américain en plein essor à l'orée du vingtième siècle. Devenue Polly par le caprice d'un de ses maîtres puis Madame Bemis par amour elle affronte la vie rude des pionniers avec le handicap supplémentaire d'être chinoise à une époque où des ligues se créaient pour chasser les jaunes du territoire américain. Couverture rigide. Comme neuf/Très bon. l'école des loisirs hardcover
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Lumnitzer, Johann Georg - 1783 Zipser-Neudorf/Slowakei - Brünn 1864
Chinesische kunstgewerbliche Gegenstände aus Elfenbein u.a..
o.J. Aquarell über Bleistift, mit Deckweiß gehöht, auf bräunlichem Velin. 21,5:24,3 cm. - Etwas fleckig. Auf altem Untersatz bezeichnet: ?A. Hauptstock in Berlin / Ausstellung chinesischer Gegenstände in Berlin / Reiche Gruppe chinesischer Elfenbeinschnitzereien / und anderer Kunstprodukte. / Aquarell, qu. fol. / des J.G. Lumnitzers Nachlasse zu Brünn. N=208632?.
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Lung, Tong
Tourists Handbook in Chinese (latinized) English-Chinese.
Hong-Kong, Man Yip Publishing Society. 119 pages. Paperback. 20 x 13 cm.
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Lung-huei, Sung
Chinese Art Treasures Cultural Heritage and Tourist Book Series
Tourism Bureau Ministry of Transportation and Communications Republic of China 1996. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Lavishly illustrated. 40p. Title in Cultural Heritage and Tourist Book Series. Translated by Lee Pey-shuh and Sofia Franzen. French flaps. Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Republic of China paperback
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Lunsingh Scheurleer, Daniel F
Chinesisches und japanisches Porzellan in europäischen Fassungen. Übersetzt von Robert Keyszelitz.
Braunschweig, Klinkhardt & Biermann 1980. 1980. 4°, XII, 492 S. mit XVI farbigen Tafeln und 604 s/w Abbildungen, Orig.-Leinenband mit Orig.-Umschlag mit montiertem Titelbild.
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Lunsingh Scheurleer, Daniel F
Chinesisches und japanisches Porzellan in europäischen Fassungen. von D. F. Lunsingh Scheurleer. Übers. von Robert Keyszelitz
Braunschweig : Klinkhardt & Biermann 1980. 492 S. : mit über 600 Abb. (z.T. farb.)) ; 33 cm, mit Schutzumschlag Top Zustand, Geb., gebundene Ausgabe, Leinen, Exemplar in sehr gutem Erhaltungszustand
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Lunsingh Scheurleer, Pauline
Asiatic Art in the Rijksmuseum
Meulenhoff, Amsterdam 1985. 190 S., 23 cm Broschur 0
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Luo Guangbin Yang Yiyuan / Written by China Youth Publishing Company
Hongyan
Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
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Luo Guanzhong
Quelling the Demons' Revolt: A Novel of Ming China
8vo, br. ed. 213pp. In this Ming-era novel, historical narrative, raucous humor, and the supernatural are interwoven to tell the tale of an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the Song dynasty. A poor young girl meets an old woman who gives her a magic book that allows her to create rice and money. Her father, terrified that his daughter's demonic nature might be discovered, marries her off. Forced to flee, she and others with supernatural abilities find themselves in the midst of a grotesque version of a historical uprising, in which facts are intermingled with slapstick humor and wild fictions. Attributed to the writer Luo Guanzhong, Quelling the Demons' Revolt is centered on the events of the rebellion led by Wang Ze in 1047?48. But it is a distorted, humorous version, in which Wang Ze's lieutenants show up as a comical peddler and a mysterious Daoist priest and a celebrated warrior appears despite having died many years earlier. Rather than fantastic adventures and supernatural marvels, the author points to human vanities and fixations as well as social injustice, warning of the vulnerability of any pursuit of order in a world plagued by demonic forces as well as mundane corruption. Although the story takes place long before the era in which it was written, ultimately Quelling the Demons' Revolt is the story of the Ming dynasty in Song masquerade, presciently warning of the dynasty's downfall. The novel is divided into chapters, but in many ways it is an arrangement of self-contained stories that draw on vernacular storytelling. This translation offers English-speaking readers a spirited example of social critique combined with caustic humor from the era of Luo Guanzhong.
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Luo Guanzhong
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
16mo br. ed. 672pp. A new translation and abridgement of one of the four classical Chinese novels - an epic story of warring factions in the era of China's Han dynasty Part historical and part legend, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms dramatizes the lives of feudal lords and their retainers, recounting their personal and military battles, intrigues and struggles to achieve dominance for almost a hundred years. It is one of the most beloved works of East Asian literature, and the most famous historical novel in China
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Luo Guanzhong
Three Kingdoms 5 Vols. (Library of Chinese Classics). 2. printing.
Beijing: Foreign Language Press & Hunan Peoples Publ. House 2005. zus. ca. 3000 S Kart.mS. *sehr gute Expl.*.
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Luo Hanxian
Economic Changes in Rural China
hardcover as new in very good dj. . 217 pp, b/w and colour photographs, shop stamp to f/e/p ISBN: 0835115259
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Luo Weihong
Christianity in China
16mo, br, ed in wraps, pp.156 cristiani cristianesimo in cina.
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Luo, Zi-ping.
A generation lost : China under the Cultural Revolution / Zi-ping Luo.
342pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Lupke Christopher
The Magnitude Of Ming: Command, Allotment, And Fate In Chinese Culture
8vo, hardcover in dj, 400pp. Few ideas in Chinese discourse are as ubiqitous as ming, variously understood as "command," "allotted lifespan," "fate," or "life." In the earliest days of Chinese writing, ming was already present, invoked in divinations and etched into ancient bronzes; it has continued to inscribe itself down to the twenty-first century in literature and film. This volume assembles twelve essays by some of the most eminent scholars currently working in Chinese studies to produce the first comprehensive study in English of ming's broad web of meanings. The essays span the history of Chinese civilization and represent disciplines as varied as religion, philosophy, anthropology, literary studies, history, and sociology. Cross-cultural comparisons between ancient Chinese views of ming and Western conceptions of moira and fatum are discussed, providing a specific point of departure for contrasting the structure of attitudes between the two civilizations. This authoritative collection testifies to the salience of ming in Chinese culture. It will appeal to a broad readership, including those interested in the history, philosophy, religion, literature, studies of gender, and anthropology of China and other related Asian cultures.
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