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16 produkter
Art of War
Av Tzu Sun, John Minford
Häftad, 2009
155 kr
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For more than two thousand years, Sun-tzu's The Art of War has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain, and employing cunning and deception. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for survival …
Art of War
Av Tzu Sun, John Minford
Häftad, 2005
121 kr
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For more than two thousand years, Sun-tzu's The Art of War has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics and management strategies. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for survival and success, whether in battle, in …
I Ching
Av John Minford
Häftad, 2016
235 kr
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A landmark new translation of the ancient Chinese oracle and book of wisdom, in a stunning Penguin Classics Deluxe EditionThe I Ching, or Book of Change, has been consulted through the ages, in both China and the West, for answers to fundamental questions about the world and our place in it. The …
Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations
From Antiquity to the Tang Dynasty
Av John Minford, Joseph S. M. Lau
Häftad, 2002
598 kr
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The summation of more than two thousand years of one of the world's most august literary traditions, this volume also represents the achievements of four hundred years of Western scholarship on China. The selections include poetry, drama, fiction, songs, biographies, and works of early Chinese …
I Ching
The Essential Translation of the Ancient Chinese Oracle and Book of Wisdom
Av John Minford
E-bok, 2014
156 kr
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A landmark new translation of the ancient Chinese oracle and book of wisdom Pose a question, then toss three coins (or cast your yarrow stalks) to access the time-honored wisdom of the I Ching. The I Ching , or Book of Change , has been consulted through the ages, in both China and the West, for …
Ch’ing, a Chinese Book of Love
From Early Times to the Modern Age
Inbunden, 2026
236 kr
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This landmark anthology brings together, for the first time in English, the rich tradition of Chinese writing on love – sensuous, romantic and ecstatic – from early classics like the Book of Songs to twentieth-century modernist verse. Challenging the stereotype of Chinese literature as stiffly …
Classical, Modern & Humane: Essays in Chinese Literature
Av John Minford
Inbunden, 1989
283 kr
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Teddy Bear Chronicles
Av Xi Xi, John Minford
Inbunden, 2021
497 kr
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This is a most unusual book. For several decades Xi Xi has been widely known for her award?winning poetry and fiction. This time, she has chosen to write about the teddy bears she began making in 2005, after treatment for cancer, in order to improve the mobility of her right hand. She made the …
Dragons
Shorter Fiction of Leung Ping?kwan
Av Leung Ping-Kwan, Laura Ng m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
374 kr
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Leung Ping?kwan brought as much talent and inspiration to the writing of his short stories as he did to his poems. ‘I have drawn on magical realism to explore the absurdity of Hong Kong,’ he wrote of the story See Mun and the Dragon (1975) in which we find him using a simple, clipped style. The …
Lotus Leaves
Selected Poems of Leung Ping?kwan
Av Leung Ping-Kwan, John Minford
Inbunden, 2021
405 kr
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Leung Ping?kwan is one of Hong Kong’s most acclaimed poets. His poems display a unique blend of the literary and the down?to?earth, the modern and the traditional, the serious and the humorous, the local and the universal. He wrote, ‘I want to write a kind of modern poetry that does not have to …
Best China
Essays from Hong Kong
Av John Minford, John Minford m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
431 kr
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The Best China, an expression traditionally used to refer to the finest crockery brought out when one is entertaining special guests, has been adapted here to mean the Best Chinese Tradition of free-thinking discursive prose. This anthology of essays from Hong Kong and the diaspora, ranging across …
Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations
From Antiquity to the Tang Dynasty
Av John Minford, Joseph S. M. Lau
Inbunden, 2000
1614 kr
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The summation of more than two thousand years of one of the world's most august literary traditions, this volume also represents the achievements of four hundred years of Western scholarship on China. The selections include poetry, drama, fiction, songs, biographies, and works of early Chinese …
Islands and Continents – Short Stories by Leung Ping–kwan
Av Ping–kwan Leung, John Minford m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
314 kr
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In this kaleidoscope of stories, translated from the Chinese, P. K. Leung, one of Hong Kong's most celebrated literary figures, presents his personal vision of the city, evoking in his inimitable voice the local and international dimensions of this extraordinary place, capturing its poignant …
Birthday Book for Brother Stone
For David Hawkes, at Eighty
Inbunden, 2003
481 kr
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David Hawkes, described by a distinguished fellow sinologist as "the best living translator in our field, as well as one of the nicest people to have graced our profession", celebrates his eightieth birthday this year (2003). In this unusual and varied Birthday Book (a Festschrift with a …
Monkey Chronicles
Av Xi Xi, John Minford
Inbunden, 2025
604 kr
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Hong Kon Literature SeriesSeries Editor: John MinfordAfter her celebrated The Teddy Bear Chronicles, Xi Xi turns her creative vision towards the world of the primate kingdom. At the age of 73, despite physical challenges, Xi Xi traveled extensively across Asia, from tropical forests to conservation …
