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“tao chien”

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  • The Selected Poems of T'ao Ch'ien

    by Tao Chien ...
    Translated by David Hinton ...
    T'ao Ch'ien, (365 - 427, C.E.), one of the most revered poets in classical Chinese literature, is presented in a lucid translation with an introduction. "David Hinton is one of the most impressive of the younger translators of classical Chinese poetry.... His renderings are varied and imaginative while remaining faithful to the spirit of the original."--Burton Watson ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • Stray Birds

    by Rabindranath Tagore ...
    Stray Birds Rabindranath Tagore - 320 short poems by Rabindranath Tagore. These poems are beautiful, thought provoking, and somewhat reminiscent of Haiku. Known mostly for his poetry, the author also wrote novels, essays, short stories, travelogues, dramas, and thousands of songs. Stray Birds are short poems, short aphorisms which embody his love of nature and love of simplicity. ... Read more

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  • The Age of Openness

    by Hong Kong University Press ...
    The era between empire and communism is routinely portrayed as a catastrophic interlude in China’s modern history, but this engagingly written book shows instead that the first half of the twentieth century witnessed a qualitatively unprecedented trend towards openness. Frank Dikötter argues that the years from 1900 to 1949 were characterised at all levels of society by engagement with the world, ... Read more

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  • The History of China in 50 Events

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    by Henry Freeman ...
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    As one of the oldest civilizations in the world, China has a vast, rich history. In order to assist with the study of Chinese history, this book has been broken down into a series of straightforward, easy-to-read vignettes.Inside you will read about...✓ The Great Flood✓ The Great Wall is begun✓ The Terra Cotta Army is created✓ Gunpowder is invented✓ Great Anti-Buddhist Persecution✓ Marco Polo ... Read more

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  • The Glance

    Songs of Soul-Meeting

    by Jalaloddin Rumi ...
    Translated by Coleman Barks, Nevit Ergin ...
    Series series Compass
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  • Unbearable Splendor

    by Sun Yung Shin ...
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  • The Killing Wind

    A Chinese County's Descent into Madness during the Cultural Revolution

    by Tan Hecheng, Stacy Mosher, Guo Jian ...
    Over the course of 66 days in 1967, more than 4,000 "class enemies"--including young children and the elderly--were murdered in Daoxian, a county in China's Hunan province. The killings spread to surrounding counties, resulting in a combined death toll of more than 9,000. Commonly known as the Daoxian massacre, the killings were one of many acts of so-called mass dictatorship and armed factional ... Read more

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  • Four Seasons of T'ang Poetry

    by John C.H. Wu ...
    This substantial collection of Tang Dynasty poetry includes extensive commentary and notes-offering insight into this rich literary heritage."Stretching out my hand I feel the pulse of the stars," wrote Li Po, one of the most famous of the T'ang dynasty poets. This superlative study of the Golden Age of Chinese poetry, based on nearly 50,000 poems written by more than 2,000 poets, captures not ... Read more

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    by Scott Kugle ...
    Series series Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks
    The two Muslim poets featured in Scott Kugle’s comparative study lived separate lives during the eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries in the Deccan region of southern India. Here, they meet in the realm of literary imagination, illuminating the complexity of gender, sexuality, and religious practice in South Asian Islamic culture. Shah Siraj Awrangabadi (1715-1763), known as “Sun,” was a ... Read more

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  • Masculinities in Chinese History

    by Bret Hinsch ...
    Series series Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
    Masculinities in Chinese History is the first historical survey of the many ways men have acted, thought, and behaved throughout China’s long past. Bret Hinsch introduces readers to the basic characteristics of historical Chinese masculinity while highlighting the dynamic changes in male identity over the centuries. He covers the full span of Chinese history, from the Zhou dynasty in distant ... Read more

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  • An Uprising on a Voyage in the Coolie Trade. Illustrated.

    by Edgar Holden ...
    The tale of a voyage from Macao to Havana of a shipment of Mutinous Chinese Coolies. Written at a time (1864) when the Chinese were being considered as replacements for the soon to be freed American Slaves. ... Read more

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