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31 produkter
True History of Tea
Häftad, 2026
173 kr
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The most authoritative and entertaining history of tea ever published, written with verve to engage a wide readership. Throughout the centuries, tea has inspired artists, enhanced religious experience, played a pivotal role in the emergence of world trade - and even triggered major wars. No other …
Tao Te Ching
The Classic Book of Integrity and The Way
E-bok, 2012
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106 kr
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A landmark translation of one of the most popular works of world literture, this edition of the Tao Te Ching is based on the Ma-wang-tui manuscripts. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Tun-huang Popular Narratives
Häftad, 2007
921 kr
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Tun-huang Popular Narratives presents authoritative translations of four vernacular Chinese stories, taken from fragmentary texts usually referred to as pien-wen or 'transformation texts'. Dating from the late T'ang (618-907) and Five Dynasties (907-959) periods, the texts were discovered early …
Tun-huang Popular Narratives
Av Victor H. Mair, Patrick Hannan
Inbunden, 1983
2113 kr
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Tun-huang Popular Narratives presents authoritative translations of four vernacular Chinese stories, taken from fragmentary texts usually referred to as pien-wen or 'transformation texts'. Dating from the late T'ang (618-907) and Five Dynasties (907-959) periods, the texts were discovered early …
Prehistory of the Silk Road
Av E. E. Kuzmina, Victor H. Mair
Inbunden, 2007
882 kr
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In ancient and medieval times, the Silk Road was of great importance to the transport of peoples, goods, and ideas between the East and the West. A vast network of trade routes, it connected the diverse geographies and populations of China, the Eurasian Steppe, Central Asia, India, Western Asia, …
Prehistory of the Silk Road
Av E. E. Kuzmina, Victor H. Mair
E-bok, 2015
1058 kr
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In ancient and medieval times, the Silk Road was of great importance to the transport of peoples, goods, and ideas between the East and the West. A vast network of trade routes, it connected the diverse geographies and populations of China, the Eurasian Steppe, Central Asia, India, Western Asia, …
Early Globalism and Chinese Literature
Av Victor H. Mair, Yuanfei Wang
E-bok, 2026
338 kr
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Early Globalism and Chinese Literature
Av Yuanfei Wang, Victor H. Mair
Häftad, 2026
324 kr
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Exploring 'early globalism and Chinese literature' through the lens of 'literary diffusion,' this Element analyzes two primary forms. The first is Buddhist literary diffusion, whose revolutionary impact on Chinese language and literature is illustrated through scriptural translation, transformation …
Early Globalism and Chinese Literature
Av Victor H. Mair, Yuanfei Wang
E-bok, 2026
338 kr
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Early Globalism and Chinese Literature
Av Yuanfei Wang, Victor H. Mair
Inbunden, 2026
1048 kr
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Exploring 'early globalism and Chinese literature' through the lens of 'literary diffusion,' this Element analyzes two primary forms. The first is Buddhist literary diffusion, whose revolutionary impact on Chinese language and literature is illustrated through scriptural translation, transformation …
Ming Dynasty Tales
A Guided Reader
Av Victor H. Mair, Zhenjun Zhang
Häftad, 2022
398 kr
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With commentary and annotations throughout, Ming Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader presents for the first time in English 10 key stories from China's Ming Dynasty era. Casting new light on this significant period in Chinese literary history, these tales bring Ming era China vividly to life, from its …
Ming Dynasty Tales
A Guided Reader
Av Victor H. Mair, Zhenjun Zhang
Inbunden, 2022
1231 kr
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With commentary and annotations throughout, Ming Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader presents for the first time in English 10 key stories from China's Ming Dynasty era. Casting new light on this significant period in Chinese literary history, these tales bring Ming era China vividly to life, from its …
Ming Dynasty Tales
A Guided Reader
Av Victor H. Mair, Zhenjun Zhang
E-bok, 2022
430 kr
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With commentary and annotations throughout, Ming Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader presents for the first time in English 10 key stories from China''s Ming Dynasty era. Casting new light on this significant period in Chinese literary history, these tales bring Ming era China vividly to life, from its …
Ming Dynasty Tales
A Guided Reader
Av Victor H. Mair, Zhenjun Zhang
E-bok, 2022
430 kr
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With commentary and annotations throughout, Ming Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader presents for the first time in English 10 key stories from China''s Ming Dynasty era. Casting new light on this significant period in Chinese literary history, these tales bring Ming era China vividly to life, from its …
Classic Chinese Poems of Mourning and Texts of Lament
An Anthology
Av Victor H. Mair, Zhenjun Zhang
Inbunden, 2024
1149 kr
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Bathed with the blood and tears of countless poets and authors and naturally expressing the most heartfelt emotions of ancient peoples, poems of mourning and texts of lament stand out in classical Chinese literature as brilliant and unique. Composed and celebrated over 3000 years, they are central …
Classic Chinese Poems of Mourning and Texts of Lament
An Anthology
Av Victor H. Mair, Zhenjun Zhang
Häftad, 2024
379 kr
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Bathed with the blood and tears of countless poets and authors and naturally expressing the most heartfelt emotions of ancient peoples, poems of mourning and texts of lament stand out in classical Chinese literature as brilliant and unique. Composed and celebrated over 3000 years, they are central …
Classic Chinese Poems of Mourning and Texts of Lament
An Anthology
Av Victor H. Mair, Zhenjun Zhang
E-bok, 2024
404 kr
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Bathed with the blood and tears of countless poets and authors and naturally expressing the most heartfelt emotions of ancient peoples, poems of mourning and texts of lament stand out in classical Chinese literature as brilliant and unique. Composed and celebrated over 3000 years, they are central …
Classic Chinese Poems of Mourning and Texts of Lament
An Anthology
Av Victor H. Mair, Zhenjun Zhang
E-bok, 2024
412 kr
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Bathed with the blood and tears of countless poets and authors and naturally expressing the most heartfelt emotions of ancient peoples, poems of mourning and texts of lament stand out in classical Chinese literature as brilliant and unique. Composed and celebrated over 3000 years, they are central …
Sacred Display
Divine and Magical Female Figures of Eurasia
Av Miriam Robbins Dexter, Victor H Mair
Inbunden, 2010
1236 kr
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Buddhist Transformations and Interactions
Essays in Honor of Antonino Forte
Häftad, 2017
712 kr
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Experimental Essays on Zhuangzi
Häftad, 2010
365 kr
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Experimental Essays on Zhuangzi is a classic in the field. Originally published in 1983, this edition makes it available again in an expanded version, with four additional contributions, and in an updated format, with pinyin transcription, Chinese characters embedded in the text, and reference …
Imperial China and Its Southern Neighbours
Av Victor H. Mair, Liam Kelley
Häftad, 2015
347 kr
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At a time when China-Southeast Asia relationships are undergoing profound changes, it is pleasing to have a volume which examines the interactions between China and the polities and societies to the south through time.With multiple aims of exploring the relations between northern Chinese cultures …
Imperial China and Its Southern Neighbours
Av Liam Kelley, Victor H. Mair
E-bok, 2018
498 kr
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ABC Dictionary of Sino-Japanese Readings
Inbunden, 2016
642 kr
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The significance of Japanese-language scholarship on China cannot be overstated. Yet much of it is largely untapped by China scholars in both the West and China, in part because they are unfamiliar with the Japanese pronunciation of Chinese characters. Even those who know Japanese are frequently …
Hawai'i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture
Av Victor H. Mair, Nancy Shatzman Steinbardt m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
459 kr
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The Hawai'i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture is a collection of more than ninety primary sources - all but a few of which were translated specifically for this volume - of cultural significance from the Bronze Age to the turn of the twentieth century. They take into account virtually every …
ABC Cantonese-English Comprehensive Dictionary
Av Robert S. Bauer, Victor H. Mair m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
469 kr
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Cantonese is spoken by an estimated 73 million people worldwide. It remains hugely influential and a source of great pride-especially for its speakers in Hong Kong, where it flourishes as the predominant language and so sets Hong Kong apart linguistically from all of mainland China. The ABC …
