Historical Anecdotes

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Plain Words without Taboos: A Brief History of Everyday Vegetable Food cover

Plain Words without Taboos: A Brief History of Everyday Vegetable Food 柯平 / 马叙 Peking University Press · 2025 Plain Words on Simple Food: A Short History of Everyday Vegetables

Later Collection of the General Compendium of Poetry Talks cover

Later Collection of the General Compendium of Poetry Talks 阮阅 Qunyan Publishing House · 2024 When the imperial army besieged Jinling, Xu Xuan, an envoy of the Tang, came to court. Xu, proud of his abilities, sought to raise the siege by force …

First Collection of the General Compendium of Poetry Talks cover

First Collection of the General Compendium of Poetry Talks 阮阅 Qunyan Publishing House · 2024 Emperor Taizong loved literature; when jinshi graduates passed the examination, he bestowed upon them the Wenxi Banquet and often wrote poems to prese…