‎Porcelana china‎

‎Arrighi Giovanni‎

‎Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the 21st Century‎

‎8vo, br. ed. Giovanni Arrighi (1937–2009) was Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. His books include The Long Twentieth Century, Adam Smith in Beijing, and, with Beverly Silver, Chaos and Governance in the Modern World System. His work has appeared in many publications, including New Left Review—who published an interview on his life-long intellectual trajectory in March–April 2009, and an obituary in Nov–Dec 2009—and there are more accounts on his memorial website.‎

‎River Charles‎

‎The Golden Horde: The History and Legacy of the Mongol Khanate‎

‎4to, br. ed. Though history is usually written by the victors, the lack of a particularly strong writing tradition from the Mongols ensured that history was largely written by those who they vanquished. Because of this, their portrayal in the West and the Middle East has been extraordinarily (and in many ways unfairly) negative for centuries, at least until recent revisions to the historical record. The Mongols have long been depicted as wild horse-archers galloping out of the dawn to rape, pillage, murder and enslave, but the Mongol army was a highly sophisticated, minutely organized and incredibly adaptive and innovative institution, as witnessed by the fact that it was successful in conquering enemies who employed completely different weaponry and different styles of fighting, from Chinese armored infantry to Middle Eastern camel cavalry and Western knights and men-at-arms. Likewise, the infrastructure and administrative corps which governed the empire, though largely borrowed from the Chinese, was inventive, practical, and extraordinarily modern and efficient. This was no fly-by-night enterprise but a sophisticated, complex, and extremely well-oiled machine. While the Golden Horde technically refers to part of the Mongol Empire, today the Golden Horde is often used interchangeably with the Mongol forces as a whole. As such, the Golden Horde conjures vivid images of savage, barbarian horsemen riding across the steppes, an unstoppable force mindlessly slaughtering and burning. It is often imagined that they conquered by sheer brutality and terror, and that they epitomized everything that came from the east: uncivilized, brutal and undisciplined. This sensationalized image, impressed upon the West by Hollywood and by the perception of the "Yellow Peril" that has colored Western views toward Asia for a long time, began almost from the beginning. The Mongols treasured art and literature and protected religion, that of their subjects as well as their own, and trade, commerce, and cultural exchanges flourished under the Golden Horde and the other Mongol khanates, but that escaped the notice of their contemporaries. Giovanni de Plano Carpini, a papal envoy journeying through Russia on his way to the Khan of the Golden Horde, noted, "They [the Mongols] attacked Rus', where they made great havoc, destroying cities and fortresses and slaughtering men; and they laid siege to Kiev, the capital of Rus'; after they had besieged the city for a long time, they took it and put the inhabitants to death. When we were journeying through that land we came across countless skulls and bones of dead men lying about on the ground. Kiev had been a very large and thickly populated town, but now it has been reduced almost to nothing, for there are at the present time scarce two hundred houses there and the inhabitants are kept in complete slavery." What can't be disputed is that the Golden Horde directly affected Eastern Europe for nearly 250 years, and even after its rapid rise brought about a long, tortuous decline, it has continued to shape the destiny of that region. The Golden Horde: The History and Legacy of the Mongol Khanate examines the events that led to the rise of the khanate, what life was like there, and how the Mongols fought. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Golden Horde like never before.‎

‎Kin.mind Liu Editor‎

‎My First Trip to China: Scholars, Diplomats, and Journalists Reflect on Their First Encounters With China‎

‎square 8vo, br., ed. pp.334. Thirty leading China experts, including Perry Link (Princeton Univeristy), Andrew Nathan (Columbia University), Jonathan Mirsky (Times of London), W. J. F. Jenner, Lois Wheeler Snow, and Morton Abramowitz (The Century Foundation), recount their first visit to China, recalling their initial observations and impressions. Most first traveled to China when it was still closed to the world, or was just beginning to open. Their subsequent opinions, writings, and policies have shaped the Western relationship with China for more than a generation. This is essential reading for those who want to understand the evolution of Western attitudes toward modern China. At the same time, the collection provides a vivid, personal window onto a fascinating period in Chinese history.‎

‎Parks M. Coble‎

‎China's War Reporters: The Legacy of Resistance Against Japan‎

‎8vo, hardcover in dj pp.267. When Japan invaded China in the summer of 1937, many Chinese journalists greeted the news with euphoria. For years, the Chinese press had urged Chiang Kai-shek to resist Tokyo's aggressive overtures. This was the war they wanted, convinced that their countrymen would triumph. Parks Coble recaptures the experiences of China?s war correspondents during the Sino-Japanese War of 1937?1945. He delves into the wartime writing of reporters connected with the National Salvation Movement?journalists such as Fan Changjiang, Jin Zhonghua, and Zou Taofen?who believed their mission was to inspire the masses through patriotic reporting. As the Japanese army moved from one stunning victory to the next, forcing Chiang?s government to retreat to the interior, newspaper reports often masked the extent of China?s defeats. Atrocities such as the Rape of Nanjing were played down in the press for fear of undercutting national morale. By 1941, as political cohesion in China melted away, Chiang cracked down on leftist intellectuals, including journalists, many of whom fled to the Communist-held areas of the north. When the People?s Republic was established in 1949, some of these journalists were elevated to prominent positions. But in a bitter twist, all mention of their wartime writings disappeared. Mao Zedong emphasized the heroism of his own Communist Revolution, not the war effort led by his archrival Chiang. Denounced as enemies during the Cultural Revolution, once-prominent wartime journalists, including Fan, committed suicide. Only with the revival of Chinese nationalism in the reform era has their legacy been resurrected.‎

‎A cura di Frank Meinshausen‎

‎Cina. Undici Scrittori Della Rivoluzione Pop‎

‎8vo, br. ed. pp.222‎

‎DIENY Jean-Pierre‎

‎Pastourelles et magnanarelles. Essai sur un thème littéraire chinois. Hautes etudes orientales.‎

‎8vo, br. ed. Centre de recherche d'histoire et de philologie. Broché. 141 pages. Marques de bibliothèque. Sciences humaines.‎

‎Liu Xin (Auteur), Anne Cheng (Series Editor), Marc Kalinowski (Series Editor))‎

‎Notes diverses sur la capitale de l'Ouest‎

‎8vo, br. ed. 207pp. Les Notes diverses sur la capitale de l'Ouest (Xijing zaji) nous offrent, sous la forme fragmentaire de brèves scènes et de descriptions sans organisation apparente, une vision éclatée, précise et étrange à la fois, de la glorieuse cité de Chang’an, capitale des Han occidentaux. Elles sont traditionnellement considérées comme une part des notes historiques rédigées par un grand lettré de l’époque des Han, Liu Xin (46 av. J.-C.-23 ap. J.-C.), c’est-à-dire celles qui, s’écartant trop de l’écriture orthodoxe de l’histoire, ne furent pas intégrées dans l’Histoire des Han (Han shu) rédigée par Ban Gu. De fait, cet ouvrage appartient au genre livre de notes, genre important dans l’histoire littéraire chinoise, dont il est un des fleurons. Il est un complément essentiel aux livres d’Histoire par son souci de véridicité et de détails, et il contient des anecdotes qui sont la première mention de faits qui seront ensuite repris et développés dans des ballades, des romans et plus tard à l’opéra. Au sein de la description fascinante des richesses et des fastes de la capitale, sont aussi évoqués des drames dans le gynécée impérial. Prise dans les tourments politiques de l’époque, la capitale de l’Ouest sera abandonnée en 23 de notre ère, l’année même de la mort de Liu Xin et les Han orientaux déplaceront leur capitale plus à l’Est, à Luoyang. Avec cette traduction par Jacques Pimpaneau, ce texte est pour la première fois accessible au lecteur français, qui est ainsi invité à parcourir les palais, les jardins et les tombes de la capitale disparue. Liu Xin (46 avant J.-C. - 23 après J.-C.), fils du grand bibliographe Liu Xiang, participa avec son père à l'édition des Classiques, qu’il fallait reconstituer après leur autodafé par Qin Shi Huangdi et l’incendie de la bibliothèque impériale à la chute de la dynastie Qin. Il réunit aussi toute une documentation sur la dynastie Han en vue d’en écrire l’histoire, mais ne put réaliser ce projet. Ses notes furent utilisées par l’historien Ban Gu, et le présent ouvrage est constitué des anecdotes non reprises par ce dernier. Nommé docteur, mais en butte aux calomnies de ses chers collègues, il demanda à être nommé en province. Rappelé ensuite à la capitale, il se suicida quand Wang Mang, après avoir usurpé le pouvoir, fit exécuter tous ses fils. Jacques Pimpaneau a enseigné la langue et la littérature chinoises à l'Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO ou plus communément Langues O’) de 1965 à 1999. Il a créé le musée Kwok On, dont les collections sont maintenant au Musée de l’Orient à Lisbonne. Il a écrit plusieurs livres sur la littérature chinoise, a traduit notamment la seconde moitié des Mémoires historiques de Sima Qian, et réalisé quelques documentaires sur les liens en Asie entre religion et théâtre. Co-directeur de la collection « Bibliothèque chinoise », Marc Kalinowski est directeur d'études à l’École pratique des hautes études de Paris où il enseigne l’histoire et la pensée de la Chine ancienne. Parmi ses publications récentes en rapport avec la présente anthologie, on peut citer Divination et société dans la Chine médiévale. Étude des manuscrits de Dunhuang de la Bibliothèque nationale de France et de la British Library (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2003). Son travail sur Wang Chong s’inscrit dans le cadre du Programme de recherche international actuellement dirigé d’Allemagne par M. Michael Lackner de l’université d’Erlangen-Nürenberg : « Destin, liberté et divination. Techniques de gestion du futur en Asie orientale et en Europe ».‎

‎Vandermeersch Léon‎

‎La littérature chinoise, littérature hors Norme‎

‎8vo, br, ed. la spécificité de la littérature chinoise fondée sur une écriture idéographique, à la différence de toutes les écritures indo-européennes de la sphère occidentale où l'écriture est de type alphabétique. De notre côté donc, une écriture d'origine orale de l'autre, une écriture oraculaire monopolisée à la fin du XII ? siècle avant notre ère par les spécialistes de la divination.Léon Vandermeersch en développe les conséquences et les transformations depuis celles qui découlent de Confucius et du confucianisme, puis de la conversion en logographie quand s'impose le bouddhisme, jusqu'à la révolution culturelle du 4 mai 1929 qui abolit la langue graphique et universalise l'écriture en langue parlée. 185x117x10mm 200g‎

‎Shankman Steven‎

‎The Siren and the Sage: Knowledge and Wisdom in Ancient Greece and China‎

‎8vo, br. ed. pp.268. The cultures of ancient China and ancient Greece have exerted immeasurable influence on later civilizations. The texts and cultural values of classical China spread throughout East Asia and became the foundation of learning in Korea, Japan and Vietnam. Greek learning and culture receive credit for many of the intellectual paradigms of the West. Probably the one which is most distinctly Western is the tradition of logical proof and the related assumption that, as Aristotle put it in 'Metaphysics' 980, 'we all desire to know.' In contrast, the Chinese tradition, as exemplified by Laozi's 'Dao de jing,' cautions that through our desire to know we may forfeit wisdom, thus engendering a split between knowledge and wisdom. 'The Siren and the Sage' is a comparative study of what some of the most influential writers of ancient China and ancient Greece thought it meant to know and whether they distinguished knowledge from wisdom. It surveys selected works of poetry, history and philosophy from roughly the eighth through the second centuries BCE, focusing on the 'Odyssey,' the ancient Chinese 'Classic of Poetry,' Thucydides' 'History of the Peloponnesian War,' Sima Qian's 'Records of the Historian,' Plato's 'Symposium,' Laozi's 'Dao de jing' and the writings of Zhuangzi. The intention, through such juxtaposition, is to introduce foundational texts of each tradition, texts which continue to influence most of the world's peoples. It is intriguing to ask what awareness, if any, these distinctive cultures had of each other. A considerable body of scholarship comparing ancient Greece and ancient China now exists. Scholars are presenting evidence that the two cultures may actually have been aware of each other's presence, even though that awareness was presumably indirect, perhaps mediated by the nomadic peoples of Central Asia. While not directly contributing evidence, the authors argue that comparing the cultures of Greece and China will continue to be an irresistible and important scholarly debate. The book offers a provocative study which is accessible to students and general readers and at the same time contributes to the debate.‎

‎Gustaffson Jan-erik‎

‎Water Resources Development in the People's Republic of China, Dissertation‎

‎8vo, br. ed. pp.188, softbound.‎

‎Giuliani Federico, Emanuel Pietrobon‎

‎L'orso e il dragone. Russia e Cina, un'intesa per cambiare il Mondo‎

‎8vo, br. ed. Il XXI secolo avrebbe dovuto spianare la strada al Millennio della "fine della storia", della democratizzazione e dell’americanizzazione del mondo. Il momento unipolare, però, è durato meno del previsto. Due giganti dormienti e inizialmente non troppo reticenti a un ordine stabile a guida americana, Russia e Cina, hanno cominciato a percepirsi in pericolo. Il punto di svolta sarebbe stato Euromaidan secondo i più, ma la verità è che Euromaidan fu foce, non sorgente, e fu fine, non principio. La storia del partenariato strategico che sta cambiando il mondo, combattendo il sogno neoconservatore e liberale del Duemila quale secolo americano, non nasce nel 2014. Il 2014 è tappa di un percorso più lungo, sfaccettato, che ha avuto inizio al capolinea del Novecento: il dimenticato ma importante 1999. Un anno, per questo motivo, ivi ribattezzato "anno del destino". Prefazione di Salvatore Santangelo. Postfazione di Tiberio Graziani.‎

‎Bartoli Daniello, Intr. Adriano Prosperi‎

‎L'Asia. Istoria della Compagnia di Gesù Volume I e II‎

‎2 volumi in cofanetto 8vo, tela ed, in sovracoperta e sovcracop. trasp pp. 1464, ill. (I Millenni). “Alla penna di Daniello Bartoli si dovette la prima grande storia dell'Asia pubblicata in Europa, l'unica ad abbracciare in un solo disegno e in lingua italiana una vicenda destinata a rimanere in ombra nel bilancio storiografico dei secoli successivi che vide solo il versante atlantico dell'Europa trionfare oltre le colonne d'Ercole dello Stretto di Gibilterra. Quanto a Bartoli, il suo si può definire un merito involontario. L'aspirazione profonda che condusse l'autore a diventare gesuita fu simile a quella di tanti altri prima e dopo di lui, un indipeta, un adolescente attirato dal sogno di «andare alle Indie» e di morirvi martire della fede. Come molti adolescenti formati nelle scuole dei gesuiti, anche il quindicenne Daniello che bussò alla porta del noviziato di Novellara nel 1623 vi fu condotto dal desiderio di una missione tra i pagani, dalla volontà di diventare un apostolo e di trovare magari il premio supremo del sacrificio nelle remote terre d'oltreoceano. Ma anche nel suo caso, come in tanti altri, i superiori decisero altrimenti. E a giudicare dal risultato, l'averlo destinato al compito di scrivere non fu l'ultima delle scelte giuste che fecero.” (dall'Introduzione di Adriano Prosperi)‎

‎Auden W.H, Cristopher Isherwood‎

‎Viaggio in Una Guerra‎

‎8vo, br. ed. 349pp. Il contratto preparato nell'estate del 1937 da Faber and Faber e da Random House riguardava un generico "libro di viaggio sull'Estremo Oriente" e lasciava alla discrezione di Auden e Isherwood la scelta dell'itinerario e il taglio del resoconto. Ma è certo che la decisione, da parte della strana coppia di reporter, di partire per la Cina - allora in guerra col Giappone non fu delle più ovvie. Di fatto, per quanto in quegli anni l'intelligencija europea frequentasse con una certa assiduità trincee e teatri d'operazioni, nessuno aveva rivolto lo sguardo a quello che - nonostante le dimensioni, la ferocia e le implicazioni che avrebbe avuto per la storia non solo regionale era un conflitto quasi dimenticato. Che Auden e Isherwood ci fanno invece rivivere nel momento stesso in cui accade, con un'immediatezza, una precisione e un'efficacia tanto più sbalorditive se si considera che del Paese in cui soggiornarono dal gennaio al luglio del 1938 i due, per loro stessa ammissione, sapevano molto poco, e soprattutto che la forma da loro adottata un ibrido di prosa, versi e fotografie - era, ed è rimasta, un unicum.‎

‎Appelius‎

‎AL DI LA DELLA GRANDE MURAGLIA: Mongolia, Geol, Manciuria, Frontiera della Siberia, Corea, Kurili E Sakhalin Con 58 Illustrazioni Fuori Testo‎

‎8vo, 204pp. brisura editoriale, con sovracoperta originale, però con strappi e perdite. foto b&n. manciuria, giappone, ecc. , Italian text, 58 b.w. photos. RARE As part of the Axis powers, Japan was fascinationg to the Italians. This work documents the Japanese military role in the Far East, and introducted to the Italians the prowess of new Japan. It covers the Japanese clash on the frontier with the Russians. It devotes several chapters to each of the countries cited, with good description of the land, people and cultures. It also documents the Japanese military role, and their progress, as part of the Axis. Mongolia: Kalgan, Yun Kang grotto, Japanese vs Russians in this area. Geol: imperial palace, the Lamas. Manchuria: the new metropolitian of Hsinking, grand industrial system, dramatic story of Har- bin, the city of the "dead." The frontier of Siberia, of Baron Unzern-Stenbreg. Corea: Keijo [Seoul], travels in the land of the Morning, social and political structure. On to N. Japan: visit to Kuriles and Sakhalin islands, home of the Ainu. A fascinating perspective with large number of very good photographs‎

‎Segalen Victor‎

‎Lettere Di Cina‎

‎n - 8. Brossura edit. con alette; firma di app., altrimenti ottimo es. Un volume (20 cm) di 191 pagine; un ritratto in antiporta e 6 pp di foto fuori testo. A cura di Lucia Sollazzo‎

‎Gewirtz Julian‎

‎Unlikely Partners: Chinese Reformers, Western Economists, and the Making of Global China‎

‎8vo, hardcover in dj. pp.384. Unlikely Partners</i> recounts the story of how Chinese politicians and intellectuals looked beyond their country’s borders for economic guidance at a key crossroads in the nation’s tumultuous twentieth century. Julian Gewirtz offers a dramatic tale of competition for influence between reformers and hardline conservatives during the Deng Xiaoping era, bringing to light China’s productive exchanges with the West.<br><br>When Mao Zedong died in 1976, his successors seized the opportunity to reassess the wisdom of China’s rigid commitment to Marxist doctrine. With Deng Xiaoping’s blessing, China’s economic gurus scoured the globe for fresh ideas that would put China on the path to domestic prosperity and ultimately global economic power. Leading foreign economists accepted invitations to visit China to share their expertise, while Chinese delegations traveled to the United States, Hungary, Great Britain, West Germany, Brazil, and other countries to examine new ideas. Chinese economists partnered with an array of brilliant thinkers, including Nobel Prize winners, World Bank officials, battle-scarred veterans of Eastern Europe’s economic struggles, and blunt-speaking free-market fundamentalists.<br><br>Nevertheless, the push from China’s senior leadership to implement economic reforms did not go unchallenged, nor has the Chinese government been eager to publicize its engagement with Western-style innovations. Even today, Chinese Communists decry dangerous Western influences and officially maintain that China’s economic reinvention was the Party’s achievement alone. <i>Unlikely Partners</i> sets forth the truer story, which has continuing relevance for China’s complex and far-reaching relationship with the West‎

‎Puett Michael J.‎

‎To Become a God: Cosmology, Sacrifice, and Self-Divinization in Early China‎

‎8vo, paperback, 358pp. Evidence from Shang oracle bones to memorials submitted to Western Han emperors attests to a long-lasting debate in early China over the proper relationship between humans and gods. One pole of the debate saw the human and divine realms as separate and agonistic and encouraged divination to determine the will of the gods and sacrifices to appease and influence them. The opposite pole saw the two realms as related and claimed that humans could achieve divinity and thus control the cosmos. This wide-ranging book reconstructs this debate and places within their contemporary contexts the rival claims concerning the nature of the cosmos and the spirits, the proper demarcation between the human and the divine realms, and the types of power that humans and spirits can exercise. It is often claimed that the worldview of early China was unproblematically monistic and that hence China had avoided the tensions between gods and humans found in the West. By treating the issues of cosmology, sacrifice, and self-divinization in a historical and comparative framework that attends to the contemporary significance of specific arguments, Michael J. Puett shows that the basic cosmological assumptions of ancient China were the subject of far more debate than is generally thought.‎

‎Wood Frances‎

‎The First Emperor of China‎

‎8vo, hardcover cloth in dj.,‎

‎Porcelains from the Palace Museum GUGONG BOWUYUAN CANG CI XUANJI 1982‎

‎Selected Porcelains from the Palace Museum Collection "Ku Kung Po-wu Wuan ts'ang tz'u hsuan-chi" GUGONG BOWUYUAN CANG CI XUANJI Cultural Objects Publishing House, Peking, China (1982 Wen Wu) in large folio 100 color plates mounted on heavy stock, with a 28-page Chinese/English abstract. Hardbound in cloth, bound book mark, paper jacket, BROCADE CHINESE BOX AND PROTECTIVE cardboard case. RACCOLTA DI PERCELLANE IMPERIALI DELLA CITTA' PROIBITA A PECHINO. A VERY HEAVY ITEM, PLEASE INQUIRE FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING‎

‎Bredon Juliet‎

‎Peking a Historical and Intimate Description of Its Chief Places of Interest, with Maps, Plans and Illustrations‎

‎8vo, rare original edition, pp.478, 7 large folding maps. rebound in black boards w silver lettering.‎

‎Chin Josh e Liza Lin‎

‎Stato di sorveglianza: La via cinese verso una nuova era del controllo Sociale‎

‎8vo, br. ed. pp.336. Dove corre il confine tra l'utopia e lo Stato di polizia digitale? Questo libro prova a tracciarlo. Racconta la storia – incredibile, dettagliata, avvincente – di come il Partito comunista cinese stia costruendo un nuovo tipo di controllo politico, plasmando la volontà popolare attraverso un sofisticato (e spesso brutale) sfruttamento dei dati. È una storia nata nella Silicon Valley e poi proseguita con la «guerra al terrorismo» americana, ma che adesso si sta svolgendo in modo allarmante nella remota frontiera cinese dell'Asia centrale. Nella regione dello Xinjiang, mentre un movimento di minoranza prova a opporsi al controllo del Partito, i leader cinesi hanno costruito un distopico Stato di polizia: milioni di persone – gli uiguri – vivono costantemente sotto lo sguardo dell'Intelligenza Artificiale gestita dalle forze di sicurezza. Dall'altra parte del paese, nella città di Hangzhou, il governo sta invece tessendo un'utopia digitale. Qui la tecnologia aiuta a ottimizzare ogni aspetto della vita dei cittadini: dai percorsi del traffico alla sicurezza alimentare, alla risposta alle emergenze. Sono i due lati di una stessa medaglia, seducente e spaventosa: controllo diffuso e repressivo, da un lato; efficienza sicura e capillare, dall'altro. Gli strumenti di questo straordinario esperimento sociale non riguardano però soltanto la Cina. Il riconoscimento facciale e vocale, le telecamere di sorveglianza, la raccolta di quantità imponenti di dati sugli individui: tutto ciò si è diffuso ovunque, e costituisce un «ambiente» in cui siamo costantemente immersi, sempre di più, e senza esserne del tutto consapevoli. I pluripremiati giornalisti investigativi Josh Chin e Liza Lin accompagnano i lettori in un viaggio attraverso il nuovo mondo che la Cina sta costruendo, dentro e fuori dai suoi confini. Raccontando le storie di chi è stato colpito dalle ambizioni del Partito, "Stato di sorveglianza" rivela un futuro che è già in corso, nel quale la libertà e la democrazia, per come le abbiamo conosciute finora, dovranno essere ripensate: quello di una società nuova, costruita attorno all'immenso potere della sorveglianza digitale.‎

‎Spence Jonathan‎

‎Il libro del Tradimento‎

‎8vo, br. ed. 377pp. firma di app. altrimenti come nuovo. Città di Xi'an, Cina, 28 ottobre 1728: poco prima di mezzogiorno, una portantina atttraversa la lunga via centrale, mentre un uomo "vestito curiosamente" la insegue con una corsa affannosa, brandendo nell'aria una lettera. Alcune guardie lo bloccano, e il destinatario, il generale governatore delle province di Shaanxi e Sichuan, ordina di arrestarlo. Gli basterà leggere poche righe per intuire i contorni di una gigantesca congiura anti-imperiale e dare il via a una caccia all'uomo che si concluderà con la cattura di tutti gli implicati.‎

‎Matteo Ripa‎

‎Storia Della Fondazione Della Congregazione e Del Collegio Dei Cinesi 3 Volumi‎

‎tre volumi in br. edit. ottimo stato.‎

‎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.‎

‎Han Suyin‎

‎L'albero Ferito Cina: Autobiografia e Storia‎

‎8° carton. edit. sovrac. pp. 533, alcune ill. ft. strappoetto marginale della sovracoperrta ad un angolo, , altrimenti buono.‎