Anecdotes and Lore

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Scattered Pearls of the Three Kingdoms cover
Rating 3.3
Scattered Pearls of the Three Kingdoms 谢明 宜昌三峡电子音像出版社有限责任公司 · 2026 A companion volume to *Shattered Jade of the Three Kingdoms*, this book continues the series' deep engagement with Three Kingdoms history, once again …
Curiosities of History: Boston, September Seventeenth, 1630-1880 cover
Rating 2.5
Curiosities of History: Boston, September Seventeenth, 1630-1880 Wheildon, William W. (William Willder), 1805-1892 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
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Rating 3.2
Two Old Tales of Yangzhou 王稼句 Sino-Culture Press · 2025 Two Republican-era local readers on Yangzhou are widely known by name but rarely seen. The first, Continued Dreams of Yangzhou, was a column Hong Weif…
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Rating 4.0
Jottings on Medical Culture 段逸山 Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers · 2025 This book collects over a hundred articles written by Professor Duan Yishan over several decades. They are the fruit of his meticulous scholarship and…
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Rating 3.3
Stories of the Court 尉迟偓 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, innovative, and literary. Early forms of thought are distinctive:…
Straight Records of the Zhizheng Era cover
Rating 3.7
Straight Records of the Zhizheng Era 孔克齐 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive, and literary. Early intellectual forms are especially …
Records of What Was Heard cover
Rating 3.0
Records of What Was Heard 梁亿 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive, and literary. Early forms of thought have distinctive features: reli…
Record of the Old Drunkard's Talks cover
Rating 3.8
Record of the Old Drunkard's Talks 金盈之 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive, and literary. Early intellectual forms are distinctive: religious th…
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Rating 3.7
History of the Deer-Tail Whisk 王得臣 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history, marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness, and literary quality. Early forms …
Record of Yesterday's Dreams cover
Rating 3.6
Record of Yesterday's Dreams 康与之 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive, and literary. Early forms of thought have distinctive features: reli…
Talks with a Single Deer Whisk cover
Rating 3.0
Talks with a Single Deer Whisk 胡承谱 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive and literary. Early thought forms have distinctive feat…
Record of Differing Accounts cover
Rating 3.4
Record of Differing Accounts 刘体仁 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive, and literary. Early forms of thought are highly distin…
A Collection of Things Heard at Yuehe cover
Rating 2.7
A Collection of Things Heard at Yuehe 莫君陈 · 2024 Traditional Chinese culture and thought have a long history and are highly original, inventive, and literary. Early forms of thought have distinctive …
A Compilation of Worldly Experience cover
Rating 4.3
A Compilation of Worldly Experience 叶梦珠 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive, and literary. Early forms of thought are distinctive: …
A Record of Local Conditions and Customs in Yueyang cover
Rating 4.0
A Record of Local Conditions and Customs in Yueyang 范致明 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive and literary. Early forms of thought are distinctive: religious theol…
Miscellaneous Records from the Little Shemo Studio cover
Rating 2.8
Miscellaneous Records from the Little Shemo Studio Anonymous · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive, and literary. Early forms of thought are distinctive: …
Sequel to The Rustic Records of Xiangshan cover
Rating 3.8
Sequel to The Rustic Records of Xiangshan 文莹 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history, marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness and literary quality. Early forms o…
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Excerpts from the Record of Halting the Carriage 陆深 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history, marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness, and literary quality. Early forms …
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Rating 3.2
Recorded Conversations of Mr. Wang 王钦臣 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive, and literary. Early forms of thought are highly distin…
Classified Records from Pengxuan cover
Rating 3.3
Classified Records from Pengxuan Anonymous · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive, and literary. Early intellectual forms are strikingly distinctive: r…