A seminal Chinese-language monograph on the study of song-poetry (sanqu), recognising as a masterpiece in the study on the dynastic history of the song-poetry in the 20th century, focusing on the fundamental theories, composition and historical evol...Loe edasi...
Chinese Buddhism inherited from its Indic predecessor an ethos of cultural and intellectual tolerance and a transcendental and speculative perspective. It also absorbed aspects of the ethical, humanistic, and nature-focussed essence of Chinese tradit...Loe edasi...
Zhang explores the sociohistorical environment that produced those poets, an era of political intrigues, geopolitical threats, the rise of commodity economy, flourishing popular culture, and glamorous urban life. Poetry was their means of livelihood...Loe edasi...
Global Elements in Chinese Literature illustrates how modern Chinese writers have assimilated and transformed key movements of Western literature to develop their own unique forms of expression in order to confront the problems facing humanity...Loe edasi...
In this book, Xiong Yuezhi and a team of distinguished scholars bring together cutting-edge research on the urban history of Shanghai and the diversity of its distinctive culture. Occupying an interstitial space between Chinese and foreign power, Sh...Loe edasi...
This book offers an account of the development and transformations of the discourse of ancestors instructions in the Song period. It explains how rulers selected words and deeds of ancestors in tandem with changes in current affairs, and how they g...Loe edasi...
In a collection of recent essays, Zhitian focuses on the origin of modern China, emphasizing the contemporary concerns of historical actors in order to gain a sympathetic understanding of them. He also tries to transcend the various sub-disciplin...Loe edasi...
Jun traces the development of Chinese foreign policy from the birth of the Peoples Republic of China in October 1949 to 1955 when the triumph of the Communist Party of China had mutated into building the new Chinese state. It was during the same...Loe edasi...
This is a translation not of the original two-volume Chinese edition, which runs to more than 1,400 pages, but of Zhaoguangs unpublished abbreviation, which is a mere 666 pages. This second volume contains chapter seven through twelve. The topic...Loe edasi...
This eleventh volume in the series Brill’s Humanities in China Library targets Western scholars and general readers who may not read the Chinese language, but have an interest in China and its culture. This revised edition studies shifts in power...Loe edasi...
Here in China I Dwell is a historiographical account of the formation of Chinese historical narratives in light of outside pressures on China--the view from Chinas borders. There is a special discussion of the influence of Japanese historians on...Loe edasi...
A scholar of Daoism, Chen provides a detailed analysis and unique interpretation of Zhuangzis inner, outer, and miscellaneous chapters. He does not focus on the philology, as many scholars do, but on a philosophical reading highlighting the main top...Loe edasi...
Chinese historian Weizhengs (1936-2012) reflections on his re-reading of the history of modern China were composed in quiet moments, often in response to a request for an article by a newspaper website. In the manner of the biji (jottings or noteboo...Loe edasi...
Luo Zhitians Inheritance within Rupture is a multi-faceted exploration of how Chinese scholars understood modernity and tradition, historical ruptures and cultural continuties in the late Qing and early Republic (1890s-1940s)....Loe edasi...
A history of traditional Chinese thought with a new perspective, emphasizing contextualization and the complex dynamics between intellectual thought and its historical situations. It illuminates the significance of the Chinese world order, its underl...Loe edasi...
In Eighteen Lectures on Dunhuang, Professor Rong Xinjiang provides a reliable, yet accessible, overview of the discovery of the Dunhuang manuscripts, the emergence of the field of Dunhuang studies and its contribution to scholarship both in Ch...Loe edasi...
A history of Chinese literature from its early beginnings through the end of the Qing dynasty, this recent work from Professor Luo Yuming of China’s Fudan University seeks to provide, by adopting new theoretical perspectives and using updated researc...Loe edasi...
The May Fourth Movement of 1919 is generally seen as the central event in Chinas transformation from the traditional to the modern. It signalled the arrival of effective student activism on the political scene; it heralded the success of outspoken...Loe edasi...
This is a volume in a newly established book series that aims to introduce important and representative works of native Chinese scholarship in English translation. In this work, Chen (philosophy, Peking U., China) considers the significance of Conf...Loe edasi...
A thorough overview and analysis of the literary scene in China during the 1949-1999 period, focusing primarily on fiction, poetry, drama, and prose writing--Provided by publisher. A reprint from 2007, this very detailed volume recounts the...Loe edasi...
