‎China‎

‎Spera Renato W.‎

‎Il Diario Del Generale Li Fen-tzu‎

‎8vo, bcm, ril. ed. sovracoperta. pp.267.‎

‎Woei Lien Chong (Editor), Anne-Marie Brady (Contributor), Lowell Dittmer (Contributor), Monika Gaenssbauer (Contributor), Nick Knight (Contributor), Stefan R. Landsberger (Contributor), Nora Sausmikat (Contributor), Barend J. ter Haar (Contributor),‎

‎China's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution: Master Narratives and Post-Mao Counternarratives‎

‎8vo, hardcover, Woei Lien Chong (Editor), Anne-Marie Brady (Contributor), Lowell Dittmer (Contributor), Monika Gaenssbauer (Contributor), Nick Knight (Contributor), Stefan R. Landsberger (Contributor), Nora Sausmikat (Contributor), Barend J. ter Haar (Contributor), Treating China s Cultural Revolution as much more than a political event, this innovative volume explores its ideological dimensions. The contributors focus especially on the CR s discourse of heroism and messianism and its demonization of the enemy as reflected in political practice, official literature, and propaganda art, arguing that these characteristics can be traced back to hitherto-neglected undercurrents of Chinese tradition. Moreover, while most studies of the Cultural Revolution are content to point to the discredited cult of heroism and messianism, this book also explores the alternative discourses that have flourished to fill the resulting vacuum. The contributors analyze the intense intellectual and artistic ferment in post-Mao China that embody resistance to CR ideology, as well as the urgent quest for authentic individuality, new forms of social cohesion, and historical truth.‎

‎Siu Helen F. , Ed.‎

‎Furrows: Peasants, Intellectuals, and the State. Stories and Histories Fron Modern China‎

‎8vo, br. ed. 360pp.‎

‎Stewart Lee Allen‎

‎Nel giardino del diavolo. Storia lussuriosa dei cibi proibiti.‎

‎8vo; br., pp. 293, cm 12,5x19,5. . Partendo dal frutto tentatore del giardino dell'Eden fino ad arrivare al divino foie gras, una maliziosa e divertente carrellata di cibi proibiti che hanno definito le varie culture nel mondo. Associando ciascuno dei piatti tabù a uno dei sette peccati capitali, l'autore mostra che, quando un piacere primario come il cibo viene criminalizzato, la storia che ne nasce è a dir poco sorprendente. Ricco di storie incredibili e dei racconti di viaggio dell'autore in luoghi esotici, "Nel giardino del diavolo" è un libro che coniuga l'amore per il cibo e la curiosità per la cultura ed esprime un grande amore per l'arte del viaggiare.‎

‎Du, Yongtao (Editor)/ Kyong-mcclain, Jeff (Editor)/ Baldanza, Kathlene (Contributor)/ Bol, Peter K. (Contributor)/ Chittick, Andrew (Contributor)‎

‎Chinese History in Geographical Perspective‎

‎8vo, br. ed. pp.vi-213. The authors in this volume believe that long-term, profound, and sometimes tumultuous changes in the last five hundred years of the history of China have been no less geographical than social, political, or economic. From the dialectics of local-empire relations to the imperial states persistent array of projects for absorbing and transforming ethnic regions on the margins of empire; from the tripling of imperial territories in the Qing to the disputes over the identity of the former "outer zones" in the early Republican era; and from the universalistic imagination of "all-under-heaven" to the fraught processes of re-drawing a new set of nation-state boundaries in the twentieth century, the study of the dynamics of geography, broadly conceived, promises to provide insight into the contested development of the geographical entity which we, today, call 'China.' About the Author: Yongtao Du is Assistant Professor of Asian History at Oklahoma State University. His research interests include translocal practices in late imperial China and literati geographic consciousness in China during the Song through the Qing. He received a PhD in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006. Jeff Kyong-McClain is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. His research explores the place of archeology in nation-building in modern China, Sino-Western interaction in China's borderlands, and urban transformations during the Republican era. He received his PhD in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009.‎

‎Baccini Giulia a Cura Di‎

‎I sette savi del bosco di bambù. Personalità eccentriche nella Cina medievale. Testo cinese a Fronte‎

‎16,mo, br. ed. pp.161‎

‎Waley Arthur‎

‎Yuan Mei: Eighteenth Century Chinese Poet.‎

‎8vo, br. ed. pp.227.‎

‎Sterckx Roel, Editor‎

‎Of Tripod and Palate: Food, Politics, and Religion in Traditional China‎

‎8vo, hardcover, 272 pages. The offering of sacrifices, the banqueting of guests, and the ritual preparation, prohibition or consumption of food and drink were central elements in each of ancient Chinas three main religious traditions: the Classicist (Confucian) tradition, religious Daoism, and Buddhism. In Of Tripod and Palate, leading scholars examine the relationship between secular and religious food culture in ancient China from various perspectives.‎

‎Jia Pingwa‎

‎L'art perdu des fours Anciens‎

‎8vo, br. ed. 1152pp. Gulu, "Fours anciens", village reculé des montagnes du Shaanxi, dans la Chine du Nord, est réputé depuis des siècles pour la qualité de sa porcelaine. Rythmé par les travaux saisonniers, la quête de nourriture et le poids des traditions, le quotidien de ses habitants n'était jusque-là que la répétition d'un même ennui. Pissechien est le souffre-douleur autant que la mascotte du bourg. Petit de taille malgré ses treize ans, d'origine incertaine, il rend de menus services aux villageois. Truchement du merveilleux dans ce monde dur, il parle aux animaux, assujettis eux aussi à la loi du plus fort. Mais si la vie était rude avant la Révolution culturelle, elle devient alors absurde. La gestion du village tourne à la foire d'empoigne et Gulu glisse dans le chaos. Les rebelles affrontent les révolutionnaires pour s'emparer des précieux fours à porcelaine. Protégé par sa "mauvaise origine de classe" et sa candeur, Pissechien assiste, en observateur, au déferlement de haine. Véritable événement littéraire en Chine à sa parution, L'art perdu des fours anciens amène le lecteur au plus près des mécanismes de la violence politique et sociale qui ont marqué le pays en profondeur. Cette ambitieuse étude de moeurs qui se donne à lire comme une satire magistrale nous révèle un immense conteur.‎

‎a cura di Federico Masini e Bruno Bertuccioli‎

‎Il Palazzo di primavera. Arte ed eros in Cina‎

‎4to, pp.104. Quattro album di pitture erotiche cinesi, risalenti al periodo tra le dinastie Ming e Qing, e conservati nei secoli da un abile collezionista e grande sinologo, giuliano bertuccioli. Immagini che ci conducono in un mondo lontano e per tanti versi ancora inesplorato. Prefazione di Federico Masini. a collection of ancient chinese erotic paintings, illusrated.‎

‎Wright, Frank Lloyd‎

‎The Japanese Print an Interpretation‎

‎4to 144p., 32 color plates, 2 fold-outs. . VG in the original cloth. Slipcase A desirable copy of this relatively scarce 1967 edition of the 1912 work includes Wright's introductions to "Antique Colour Prints from the Collection of Frank Lloyd Wright," a 1917 exhibition catalogue, and "The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Japanese Antique Prints," a 1927 auction catalogue, as well as passages from "An Autobiography." 32 fine color plates showing works by Hiroshige, Hokusai, et al., from Wright's personal collection. Interpretazione delle stampe giapponesi da parte del grande architetto. ottima copia, nel suo cofanetto.‎

‎Lilavati N.H. Padhke;Translated by Krishnaji Shankara Patwardhan, Somashekhara Amrita Naimpally & Shyam Lal Singh‎

‎Lilavati of Bhaskaracarya A Treatise of Mathematics of Vedic Tradition : With Rationale in Terms of Modern Mathematics‎

‎Contents: Foreword. Preface. Bhaskaracarya: his life and work. Lilavati. 1.Definitions of tables. 2. Place values of digits. 3. Addition and subtraction. 4. Methods of multiplication. 5. Division. 6. Methods of finding squares. 7. Square root. 8. Method to find the cube. 9. Cube roots.10. Eight operations on fractions. 11. Addition and subtraction of fractions. 12. Multiplication fractions. 13. Division of fractions. 14. Squares, cubes, square roots and cube roots of fractions. 15. Eight rules concerning zero. 16. Reverse process. 17. To find an unknown quantity. 18. Method of transition. 19. Square transition. 20. Quadratic equation. 21. The rule of three. 22. Inverse proportion. 23. The rule of five. 24. Rules for barter. 25. Simple interest. 26. Combinations. 27. Progressions ( series). 28. Mensuration. 29. Volume. 30. Wood cutting. 31. Volume of a heap of grain. 32. Shadows. 33. Pulverization. 34. Concatenation ( permutations, partitions etc.). Index of verses. Subject index.Motilal Banarsidass. Lilavati has been used as a standard textbook for about 800 years. Itwas widely used and commented and translated into several languages of the world. Arithmetic is presented as an enjoyable playful activity. The name 'Bhaskaracarya' and 'Lilavati' are well-known. Aryabhata (b.476 AD) is credited for his pioneering work of extracting tantra sastra, (I.e. astronomy and mathematics) from vedas (generally known as the oldest embodiment of knowledge) to the level of common usage as he appropriately says in his Aryabhatiyam.In 1150 AD, Bhaskaracarya (b.1114 AD), renowned mathematician and astronomer of Vedic tradition composed Lilavati as the first part of this larger world called Siddhanta-Siromani, a comprehensive exposition of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, mensuration, number theory and related topics, 201 pp. The names 'Bhaskaracarya' and 'Lilavati' are well-known. If a student displays outstanding talent in Mathematics, the school teacher lovingly calls the student ìSecond Bhaskaracaryaî. Many legends about Lilavati are in vogue. It is but natural that Indians have a special interest in Bhaskaracarya and his works, especially the Lilavati. Professor N.H. Phadke has taken great pains in the preparation of the present work A New Light on Lilavati, thus filling a void. In the Lilavati, Arithmetic is presented as an enjoyable playful activity. Professor Phadke has admirably succeeded in preserving this spirit in the A New Light on Lilavati. Since Professor Phadke studied many books in Sanskrit, Hindi, English and Marathi, he could have easily given scholarly notes and references all over. But the author has resisted that temptation and has given the relevant supplementary information in six appendices. So the book is easy to read and the readers enjoy the playful atmosphere. The Lilavati is a book on Arithmetic written in the twelfth century. Techniques for the solution of problems are simple and easy to use and, moreover, there is a lot of interesting information in the problems presented therein. In 1150 AD, Bhaskaracarya (b. 1114 AD), renowned mathematician and astronomer of Vedic tradition composed Lilavati as the first part of his larger work called Siddhanta Siromani, a comprehensive exposition of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, mensuration, number theory and related topics. Lilavati has been used as a standard textbook for about 800 years. This lucid, scholarly and literary presentation has been translated into several languages of the world. Bhaskaracarya himself never gave any derivations of his formulae. N.H. Phadke (1902-1973) worked hard to construct proofs of several mathematical methods and formulae given in original Lilavati. The present work is an enlargement of his Marathi work and attempts a thorough mathematical explanation of definitions, formulae, short cuts and methodology as intended by Bhaskara. Stitches are followed by literal translations so that the reader can enjoy and appreciate the beauty of accurate and musical presentation in Lilavati. The book is useful to school going children, sophomores, teachers, scholars, historians and those working for cause of mathematics.‎

‎Giuganino, Alberto‎

‎La Pittura Cinese, 2 Volumi‎

‎Due volumi in 4° grande di XII-344pp e 588 tavole in bn e a colori. Tela editoriale con titolo e decorazione ai piatti in sovracoperta illustrata. piccoli danni al basso della sovracoperta (come da foto), altrimenti stato perfetto. Tiratura di 750 esemplari numerati, su carta a mano. Questo è il n° 496. La prima e insuperata pubblicazione in Italia con criteri scientifici sulla pittura cinese. Limited/Numbered Edition 750 Copies, this is n. 496. rare, almost mint copy in cloth and dj.‎

‎Sterckx Roel‎

‎The Animal and the Daemon in Early China‎

‎8vo, br. ed. pp.375. Explores early Chinese beliefs regarding the animal world and how these informed ideals of sagehood and political authority.‎

‎Lévy André‎

‎Nouvelles lettres édifiantes et curieuses d'Extrême-Occident : Par des voyageurs lettrés chinois à la Belle époque, 1866-1906‎

‎8vo, br. ed.‎

‎London Jack‎

‎L'invasione della Cina e altri Racconti‎

‎8vo, br. ed. pp.189. Dopo "Il richiamo della notte", continua la riscoperta della produzione fantastica di Jack London con alcune riletture satiriche e tragiche del mito evoluzionista e della fede cieca nell'inarrestabile progresso tecnologico. Nove racconti in cui la fantascienza si fa terreno di critica sociale, smascherando, oltre alla retorica libertaria e al rigorismo scientifico, il trascinarsi di ataviche ossessioni e l'anarchia del capitale refrattario a ogni opposizione, che stritola gli operai e irride i poeti. Lontano dai ghiacci, dalla natura selvaggia delle amate terre di confine, London si muove tra passato e futuro, tra la remotissima Cina e la natia San Francisco, descrivendo mondi iperbolici e segrete fonti energetiche, guerre batteriologiche e armi apocalittiche, scioperi vaneggiati e ferree oligarchie, manicomi criminali e distopiche rivoluzioni, indagando i meccanismi del potere e la natura umana‎

‎Zenji Dogen (Autore), Kosho Uchiyama Roshi (Autore)‎

‎Istruzioni a un cuoco zen. Ovvero come ottenere l'illuminazione in cucina‎

‎8vo, br. ed. pp.136. Fin dall'antichità, nelle comunità che praticano la Via del Buddha, sono stati istituiti sei incarichi per dirigere gli affari del tempio. Tra questi vi è il tenzo, responsabile della preparazione dei pasti per la comunità". Così scrive Dogen Zenji (1200-1253), il fondatore della scuola di zen soto in Giappone e uno dei filosofi più importanti nella storia del buddhismo, all'inizio di Istruzioni a un cuoco zen. Ma in questa breve opera, Dogen va molto oltre. Spiega in modo comprensibile e in termini di vita quotidiana l'importanza dello zazen (sedere in meditazione) e il significato della pratica e dell'illuminazione, facendo un paragone tra la preparazione dei pasti per il monastero zen e il nostro stesso addestramento spirituale, ci insegna a 'cucinare' o purificare la nostra vita. Per questo motivo, Kosho Uchiyama si è assunto il compito di spiegare e discutere l'importanza dell'opera di Dogen per i seguaci della Via del ventesimo secolo. Il saggio di Dogen è unito all'interpretazione moderna di Uchiyama: il commento sottolinea che i seguaci della Via del Buddha devono basare la propria vita sul Sé, senza cercare nulla. Esso ci indica come vivere con una mente priva di preconcetti nel mezzo dell'esistenza quotidiana, e ci insegna che lo sforzo stesso di purificare la nostra vita è la base dell'illuminazione.‎

‎Oxfeld Ellen‎

‎Bitter and Sweet: Food, Meaning, and Modernity in Rural China‎

‎8vo, br. ed. China experienced a cataclysmic famine, which was particularly devastating in the countryside. As a result, older people in rural areas have experienced in their lifetimes both extreme deprivation and relative abundance of food. Young people, on the other hand, have a different relationship to food. Many young rural Chinese are migrating to rapidly industrializing cities for work, leaving behind backbreaking labor but also a connection to food through agriculture. Bitter and Sweet examines the role of food in one rural Chinese community as it has shaped everyday lives over the course of several tumultuous decades. In her superb ethnographic accounts, Ellen Oxfeld compels us to reexamine some of the dominant frameworks that have permeated recent scholarship on contemporary China and that describe increasing dislocation and individualism and a lack of moral centeredness. By using food as a lens, she shows a more complex picture, where connectedness and sense of place continue to play an important role, even in the context of rapid change. ISBN: 9780520293526‎

‎Mattis Peter‎

‎Analyzing the Chinese Military: A Review Essay and Resource Guide on the People’s Liberation Army‎

‎8vo, br. ed. pp.141. This monograph reviews recent books on the Chinese People?s Liberation Army (PLA) to help the generalist or student become familiar with existing evaluations and identify best practices for assessing Chinese military affairs. The structure is deliberately designed to help readers build a solid foundation for understanding the PLA and develop a progressively more sophisticated perspective. Ten appendixes provide additional resources including an extensive bibliography on PLA and Chinese security affairs as well as short guides on where to find regular PLA-related analysis, what Chinese-language sources to acquire, and whose analysis to follow. Peter Mattis is a Fellow in the China Program at The Jamestown Foundation, where served as editor of the foundation’s China Brief, a biweekly electronic journal on greater China, from 2011 to 2013. He previously worked as an international affairs analyst for the U.S. Government for four years. Prior to entering government service, Mr. Mattis worked as a research associate at the National Bureau of Asian Research in its Strategic Asia and Northeast Asian Studies programs, providing research assistance and editing support. He regularly contributes to The National Interest and China Brief, and his writing also has appeared in the Taipei Times, the East-West Center’s Asia-Pacific Bulletin, The Diplomat, War on the Rocks, the Asia Society’s ChinaFile, the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, Studies in Intelligence, and the Washington Journal of Modern China. His views have appeared in Defense News, Christian Science Monitor, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Sydney Morning Herald, UPI, BBC, and National Public Radio. He also has delivered lectures on China at Georgetown University, George Washington University, University of Cambridge, and the National Cheng-chi University (Taiwan). Mr. Mattis received his M.A. in Security Studies from the Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and earned B.A.s in Political Science and Asian Studies from the University of Washington in Seattle. He also studied Chinese language, history, and security policy at Tsinghua University in Beijing.‎

‎Siao-yu, Foreword Lin Yutang‎

‎Mao Tse-tung and I Were Beggars‎

‎8vo. Or.cl. d/w. xiv,262pp. Illusts. by the author. A personal memoir of the early years of Chairman Mao. With a foreword by Lin Yutang. Historical commentary and notes by Robert C. North‎

‎Billeter jean-François‎

‎Contre François Julllien‎

‎16mo, br. ed. pp.144.Ce que nous considérons aujourd'hui comme la civilisation chinoise est intimement lié au despotisme impérial. Nous devons la juger là-dessus - non pour nier sa grandeur, ni pour réduire le rôle qu'elle a joué dans l'histoire, mais pour déterminer le rapport que nous voulons entretenir avec elle.‎

‎Yan Lianke‎

‎Il podestà Liu e altri Racconti‎

‎8vo, br. ed. 188pp. Un assassino impenitente che il giudice vuole a tutti i costi salvare dall'esecuzione e che, dopo la morte, i suoi compaesani celebreranno come eroe. Un giovane uomo che pur di sposarsi partecipa a una grottesca lotteria, la cui posta in gioco è farsi mettere in galera al posto di un altro. Un'orfanella così innocente che riesce ad ammansire il suo virtuale stupratore, ma che nulla può di fronte all'avidità e all'indifferenza della gente. E poi un vulcanico funzionario comunista che fa arricchire il suo popolo inducendolo a emulare le gesta di una prostituta, un giovanissimo soldato che chiede al superiore il permesso di andare al funerale della madre, ma quando questo glielo accorda di partire non ne vuole più sapere, e infine un gruppetto di amici giurati che, non sapendo cosa fare, decidono di picchiare le loro mogli, venendo infine travolti loro stessi da un parossismo di violenza... Questi sono i personaggi delle sei novelle presentate in questa raccolta, fra le più importanti e significative dell'autore. Esse, offrendo uno spaccato del mondo poetico di Yan Lianke, caratterizzato da uno stile ora carnevalesco ora tragico, ora surreale, ora lirico, ci aprono uno squarcio sul destino di alcuni degli emarginati della Cina di oggi, rivelandoci nello stesso tempo le dinamiche di potere - e la violenza che si cela alle sue spalle - in cui tale destino è avvolto. Dalla seconda/terza di copertina Sei novelle sono presenti in questa raccolta, fra le più importanti e significative dell’autore. Esse, offrendo uno spaccato del mondo poetico di Yan Lianke, caratterizzato da uno stile ora carnevalesco ora tragico, ora surreale, ora lirico, ci aprono uno squarcio sul destino di alcuni degli emarginati della Cina di oggi, rivelandoci nello stesso tempo le dinamiche di potere – e la violenza che si cela alle sue spalle – in cui tale destino è avvolto. «Yan Lianke è, insieme al premio Nobel Mo Yan e Yu Hua, uno dei più importanti scrittori cinesi di oggi». Rue 89 «Yan Lianke dipinge un ritratto metaforico e assurdo della Cina contemporanea così ossessionata dalla crescita da perdere di vista i valori morali...» Le Monde Dalla quarta di copertina Yan Lianke (1958) è uno dei massimi romanzieri cinesi contemporanei, nonché uno dei più graffianti e controversi. È autore di un gran numero di romanzi e raccolte di racconti, tutti di notevole contenuto e stile. Ha ricevuto numerosi premi letterari, tra cui il Lu Xun nel 2000, il Lao She nel 2004, il Franz Kafka nel 2014, il Dream of the Red Chamber Award nel 2016; selezionato al Man Booker International Prize nel 2016. Il successo arriva con un romanzo Wei Renmin Fuwu (2005; trad. it. Servire il popolo, 2006) che critica il governo comunista, in cui il motto rivoluzionario di Mao fa da sfondo a una storia di erotismo estremo tra un soldato, che conosce a memoria tutti i 286 articoli del Libretto rosso, e la moglie del generale presso cui lavora. La censura ne vieta la pubblicazione, ma non impedisce che il romanzo venga tradotto all’estero permettendo allo scrittore di affermarsi in ambito internazionale anche grazie al successivo Ding Zhuang Meng (2006, trad. it. Il sogno del villaggio dei Ding, 2011). Nel 2013, è stato pubblicato in Italia il romanzo Pensando a mio padre (Xiangnian fuqin).‎

‎Chang Hen-shui‎

‎Shanghai Express: A Thirties Novel‎

‎br. ed. In this suspenseful tale of seduction and deception, a wealthy banker is smitten by an alluring young woman while traveling aboard the express train from Beijing to Shanghai. A consummate storyteller and one of the most popular novelists of his day, Zhang Henshui sweeps us on board with them and takes us through train stations and back and forth between first, second, and third class cars, evoking the smells of this microcosm of the urban world. We see what various travelers wear; we hear their conversations; we feel the chill or the warmth of each car; we detect a trace of perfume in one, pickled vegetables and greasy meats in another. Here is popular Chinese fiction at its best. Shanghai Express was considered "entertainment" fiction and was enormously popular in the 1930s. William Lyell?s sparkling translation at last allows an English-reading audience to share in the fun.‎

‎Zhang Wei‎

‎L'antica Nave‎

‎8vo, tela ed. sovrac.‎

‎Mones Nicole‎

‎The Last Chinese Chef‎

‎8vo, br. ed. 278 pgs. Author Nicole Mones has signed on the title page in red ink. Ms Mones is best known as the author of Lost in Translation. This‎