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Paperback. Throughout the history of imperial China, the educational elite used various means to criticize government policies and actions. By examining literary archetypes, titles of paintings, inscriptions and the historical context, this text shows that paintings expressed strong political opinions. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 434 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3F; 3H; ACK; AFC; DSBB; DSC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 212 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1184.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007826
- ISBN
- 9780674007826
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.78
€ 40.99
€ 34.78
Hardback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, B&W Illus.: 8,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CF; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164528
- ISBN
- 9780231164528
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Condition: New
€ 77.70€ 68.39
€ 77.70
€ 68.39
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 612 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1028.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 612
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780691628202
- ISBN
- 9780691628202
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Condition: New
€ 85.69€ 77.73
€ 85.69
€ 77.73
Paperback. Editor(s): Plaks, Andrew H. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691609928
- ISBN
- 9780691609928
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Condition: New
€ 57.13€ 52.31
€ 57.13
€ 52.31
Paperback. Translation previously published in: The Huainanzi. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. Translator(s): Meyer, Andrew Seth. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248. Liu An's Art of War. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. 176 pages. Translation previously published in: The Huainanzi. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA; JWL. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 12. Weight: 248. Translator(s): Meyer, Andrew Seth.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153331
- ISBN
- 9780231153331
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.95
€ 25.99
€ 19.95
Hardcover. Examines the influence of court culture on the creation of the anthology and the significance of imitation and convention in its lyrics. The author aims to situate the Huajian ji within larger questions of Chinese literary history, particularly the influence of cultural forces on the emergence of genres and the development of romantic literature. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 181 x 34. Weight in Grams: 716.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021426
- ISBN
- 9780674021426
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Condition: New
€ 50.22€ 46.77
€ 50.22
€ 46.77
Hardcover. Friendships between writers of the mid-Tang era became famous through the many texts they wrote to and about one another. Anna M. Shields explores these texts to reveal the complex value the writers found in friendship--as a rewarding social practice, a rich literary topic, a way to negotiate literati identity, and a path toward self-understanding. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 638.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504370
- ISBN
- 9780674504370
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Condition: New
€ 84.46
€ 84.46
Hardback. Liu Yuan's "Lingyan ge", a woodblock-printed book from 1669, re-creates a portrait gallery that memorialized 24 vassals of the early Tang court. This book presents a study that examines the dialogues created among the texts and images in "Lingyan ge" from multiple perspectives. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 218 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JD; AKLB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1610.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032804
- ISBN
- 9780674032804
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Condition: New
€ 66.51
€ 66.51
Hardcover. This text surveys the literature of the Chinese mainland, concentrating on fiction, poetry and drama, with background surveys on the historical, social and cultural context, and chapters on individual writers and their works. It assumes no knowledge of Chinese. Num Pages: 440 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 41. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850652861
- ISBN
- 9781850652861
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Condition: New
€ 52.20
€ 52.20
Paperback. Series: Cornell University East Asia papers. Num Pages: 257 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJ; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 0. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Cornell University East Asia Program
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939657001
- ISBN
- 9780939657001
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.44
€ 21.99
€ 21.44
Hardback. The earliest anthology of Chinese poetry, the Book of Poems, has served as an ideal of literary perfection and also a major subject of literary criticism since imperial times. Rusk unravels the competitive, mutually influential relationship through which classical and literary scholarship on the poems co-evolved from the Han dynasty to the Qing. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 325 pages, 4 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 325
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674067011
- ISBN
- 9780674067011
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.83
€ 44.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231034654
- ISBN
- 9780231034654
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Condition: New
€ 58.64
€ 58.64
Paperback. Translator(s): Egan, Charles. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DCQ; DSC; HREZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231150392
- ISBN
- 9780231150392
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.35
€ 38.99
€ 28.35
Paperback. Editor(s): Hsia, C. T.; Li, Wai-yee; Kao, George. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DQ; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231122672
- ISBN
- 9780231122672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 32.54
€ 39.99
€ 32.54
Hardback. Editor(s): Hsia, C. T.; Li, Wai-yee; Kao, George. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DQ; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231122665
- ISBN
- 9780231122665
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Condition: New
€ 178.38
€ 178.38
Paperback. Republication of the pioneering classic study of modern Chinese fiction. Num Pages: 776 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 43. Weight in Grams: 832.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 776
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213112
- ISBN
- 9780253213112
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.36
€ 38.99
€ 35.36
Hardcover. The Handbook of Chinese Linguistics presents critical overviews of a wide range of major topics in Chinese linguistics, and is the first book to introduce Chinese linguistics from the perspective of modern theoretical and formal linguistics. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 678 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 252 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1330.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470655344
- ISBN
- 9780470655344
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Condition: New
€ 227.79
€ 227.79
Hardcover. Focusing on its adaptation in the Chinese context, Catherine Vance Yeh traces the rise of the political novel to international renown between the 1830s and the 1910s. Yeh explores in detail the tensions characteristic of transcultural processes, among them the dynamics through which a particular, and seemingly local, literary genre goes global. Num Pages: 441 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 746.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504356
- ISBN
- 9780674504356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.50€ 57.46
€ 60.50
€ 57.46
Hardback. Li Mengyang (1473 1530) was a scholar-official who initiated the literary archaist movement that sought to restore ancient styles of prose and poetry in sixteenth-century China. Chang Woei Ong situates Li's quest to redefine literati learning as a way to build a perfect social order in the context of intellectual transitions since the Song dynasty. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 350 pages, 1 line illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; BGH; DSBD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674970595
- ISBN
- 9780674970595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.22€ 46.77
€ 50.22
€ 46.77
Paperback. Offers a description of the grammar of Mandarin Chinese, the official spoken language of China and Taiwan, in functional terms. This title focuses on the role and meanings of word-level and sentence-level structures in actual conversations. Num Pages: 720 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CF; CJBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 42. Weight in Grams: 986. A Functional Reference Grammar. 720 pages, illustrations. Offers a description of the grammar of Mandarin Chinese, the official spoken language of China and Taiwan, in functional terms. This title focuses on the role and meanings of word-level and sentence-level structures in actual conversations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CF; CJBG. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 44. Weight: 974.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520066106
- ISBN
- 9780520066106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 38.42
€ 47.99
€ 38.42