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The Hungry Prosperous Age: The Gains and Losses of the Qianlong Era cover
Rating 4.2
The Hungry Prosperous Age: The Gains and Losses of the Qianlong Era Zhang Hongjie Chongqing Publishing House · 2022 The Qianlong Emperor's reign occupied most of the eighteenth century and brought the Kangxi-Qianlong prosperous age to its peak. Beyond the foundation…
Zeng Guofan (Three Volumes) cover
Rating 4.2
Zeng Guofan (Three Volumes) Tang Haoming People's Literature Publishing House · 2002 Zeng Guofan is a long historical novel by Tang Haoming, published in three volumes: Blood Sacrifice, Wild Fire, and Black Rain. Its main thread is the…
Bai Juyi: Tears of the Common People Beneath the Brush, a Heart at Peace in Idle Clouds and Waters cover
Rating 3.8
Bai Juyi: Tears of the Common People Beneath the Brush, a Heart at Peace in Idle Clouds and Waters 郭虚中 Yanshan University Press · 2026 One word, natural, ever new through the ages; when all finery is stripped away, true purity appears. Bai Juyi was a scholar who sought to benefit the …
Tales of Wei and Jin Celebrities: The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove cover
Rating 3.9
Tales of Wei and Jin Celebrities: The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove 董上德 Sichuan People's Publishing House · 2026 This book is an anthology of selections from A New Account of Tales of the World (Shishuo Xinyu), compiled by Dong Shangde, professor in the Departmen…
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Rating 3.5
Wen Tianxiang 郝秀 / 李通 Sino-Culture Press · 2026 This book follows the life of Wen Tianxiang, a renowned minister of the Southern Song dynasty, from his diligent studies in youth and his top examinat…
The Grand Historian's Own Preface cover
Rating 4.6
The Grand Historian's Own Preface Sima Qian · 2025 The last piece in the Records of the Grand Historian, "The Grand Historian's Preface" is Sima Qian's masterly summation of his family history, his own…
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Rating 3.2
Chinese Academies 靳超 Hohai University Press · 2025 The "Chinese Symbols" series is a comprehensive and refined popular reading series on traditional Chinese culture. The books select cultural symbols t…
Preface to the Poems of Zhu Bitan cover
Rating 3.2
Preface to the Poems of Zhu Bitan 王慎中 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive, and literary. Early intellectual forms are especially distinctive: r…
The Song Jianlong Detailed Penal Code and the Song Penal Code cover
Rating 4.5
The Song Jianlong Detailed Penal Code and the Song Penal Code 窦仪 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive, and literary. Early forms of thought are distinctive, and subjects s…
Minglun Huibian, Human Affairs Section: Sweeping and Cleaning cover
Rating 3.6
Minglun Huibian, Human Affairs Section: Sweeping and Cleaning Chen Menglei · 2024 Chinese traditional thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive and literary. Early intellectual forms have distinctive…
Chronological Annals of Confucius cover
Rating 3.2
Chronological Annals of Confucius 胡仔 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive, and literary. Early forms of thought have distinctive …
Collected Prose from the Cunfu Studio cover
Rating 3.3
Collected Prose from the Cunfu Studio 朱德润 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive, and literary. Early intellectual forms are especially …
Poetry and Wine in the Prime of Life: A Biography of Su Shi cover
Rating 3.9
Poetry and Wine in the Prime of Life: A Biography of Su Shi 陈舞雩 Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2023 This biography of Su Shi by the young talent Chen Wuyu recounts his life in chronological order, restoring the symbol-laden "Su Dongpo" to a more auth…
Upright Officials in Anyang's History cover
Rating 2.8
Upright Officials in Anyang's History 龙文 People's Daily Press · 2021 This series comprises three volumes and forty-four chapters in total: eight chapters on Han Qi, the celebrated Northern Song prime minister; sixteen o…
Traditional Culture Series (5-Volume Set) cover
Rating 3.8
Traditional Culture Series (5-Volume Set) Zeng Guofan / Li Hongzhang / Lü Simian / Wang Yangming / 张毅 / Wang Guowei · 2024 This boxed set includes: The Family Letters of Zeng Guofan (Li Hongzhang Annotated Edition, with Interlinear Notes), A General History of China (Class…
Peng Xueqin Paints Plum Blossoms cover
Rating 3.7
Peng Xueqin Paints Plum Blossoms Anonymous Nanhai Publication Company · 2023 This book is Peng Xueqin Paints Plum Blossoms, by an unknown author.
Complete Poems of Li Bai (IV) cover
Rating 4.7
Complete Poems of Li Bai (IV) Li Bai Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 Works by Li Bai, a renowned poet of the Tang Dynasty.
Complete Poems of Li Bai (III) cover
Rating 4.7
Complete Poems of Li Bai (III) Li Bai Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 Works by Li Bai, a renowned poet of the Tang Dynasty.
Collected Poems of Li Bai (I) cover
Rating 4.6
Collected Poems of Li Bai (I) Li Bai Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 Works by Li Bai, a renowned poet of the Tang Dynasty.
Collected Poems of Li Bai (IV) cover
Rating 4.6
Collected Poems of Li Bai (IV) Li Bai Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 Works by Li Bai, a renowned Tang dynasty poet.