Late Ming

46 books

Print Communication in the Late Ming Dynasty cover
Rating 3.9
Print Communication in the Late Ming Dynasty 郑达威 Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2023 Late Ming China was a period of great transformation in society, politics, economy, and culture, and is also recognized by academia as the peak of the…
Human Affairs, How Complete or Lacking—Ah, the Late Ming: Fan Shuzhi Works Series cover
Rating 4.4
Human Affairs, How Complete or Lacking—Ah, the Late Ming: Fan Shuzhi Works Series Fan Shuzhi Zhonghua Book Company · 2024 This book brings together thirteen major essays on late Ming history written by the renowned historian Professor Fan Shuzhi over the past decade or so…
Miscellaneous Gleanings of the Wanli Era cover
Rating 4.6
Miscellaneous Gleanings of the Wanli Era (明)沈德符 · 2024 Chinese traditional culture has a long intellectual history, marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness, and literary quality. Early forms …
Walking Toward the Heart: Wang Yangming cover
Rating 3.0
Walking Toward the Heart: Wang Yangming 梁洪涛 Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House · 2023 This book is a biography of Wang Yangming. In it, the author introduces more historical sources and viewpoints, neither praising nor condemning, and r…
Late Ming Literati and Commercial Publishing cover
Rating 4.2
Late Ming Literati and Commercial Publishing 何朝晖 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2020 The late Ming saw a large and influential group of literati engaged in commercial publishing, a subject that deserves due attention in both the study …
Youjian Library: The First Strike of the Table cover
Rating 4.3
Youjian Library: The First Strike of the Table Ling Mengchu · 2020 The First Collection of Amazing Tales (Chuke Paian Jingqi) is a collection of simulated huaben stories compiled by Ling Mengchu in the late Ming dynas…
A Classified History of Love, Volume Four: Chivalrous Love cover
Rating 3.9
A Classified History of Love, Volume Four: Chivalrous Love Feng Menglong Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 When King Min of Qi was killed, his son Fazhang changed his name and became a servant in the household of Jiao, the Grand Historian of Ju. The Grand H…
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 16: Love and Reciprocity cover
Rating 3.9
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 16: Love and Reciprocity Feng Menglong Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 During the Tianbao era, the Prefect of Changzhou, Lord Zheng, enjoyed great prestige at the time. He had a son who had just come of age, handsome and …
Rustic Gleanings of the Wanli Era: Part One cover
Rating 4.7
Rustic Gleanings of the Wanli Era: Part One (明)沈德符 Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 "Biji xiaoshuo" is a broad term for all works written in classical Chinese—accounts of the strange, romances, miscellaneous records, anecdotes, biogra…
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 13: Love and Regret cover
Rating 4.0
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 13: Love and Regret Feng Menglong Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 This book is Volume 13, "Regrets in Love," of A Brief History of Love.
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 15: Budding Love cover
Rating 3.8
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 15: Budding Love Feng Menglong Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 "Guan, guan, cry the ospreys, on the islet in the river. The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady—for our prince a good mate she. Here long, there s…
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 18: Love's Entanglements cover
Rating 3.9
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 18: Love's Entanglements Feng Menglong Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 Li Sheng, a certain Expectant Official, was a native of Jizhou. Having purchased office by contributing grain, he went to Lin'an for assignment and lo…
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 14: Love and Enmity cover
Rating 4.0
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 14: Love and Enmity Feng Menglong Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 Shen Chun, courtesy name Houqing, was a native of Bian. He followed his father to live in Chengdu. His natural gifts were outstanding, surpassing othe…
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 10: Love and Spirit cover
Rating 3.8
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 10: Love and Spirit Feng Menglong Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 Chen Shou was from Fenyi. He was betrothed to a certain young woman, but before the marriage could take place Chen Shou contracted leprosy. His father…
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Rating 3.6
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 17: Obscene Love Feng Menglong Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 This book is Volume 17, "Lewd Love," of An Outline of the History of Love, by Feng Menglong.
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 19: Love and Doubt cover
Rating 3.8
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 19: Love and Doubt Feng Menglong Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 North of Mount Sumeru lies the land of Uttarakuru. Its territory is square, and the people's faces are square too; their looks are youthful, like peop…
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 5: Heroic Love cover
Rating 4.0
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 5: Heroic Love Feng Menglong Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 This book is Volume Five, "Love's Heroes," of Classified Tales of Love, by Feng Menglong.
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 2: Love and Affinity cover
Rating 4.1
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 2: Love and Affinity Feng Menglong Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 This book is Volume Two, "Romantic Encounters," of Classified Tales of Love, by Feng Menglong.
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 11: Love and Transformation cover
Rating 3.9
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 11: Love and Transformation Feng Menglong Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 This book is Volume 11, "Transformation through Love," of An Outline of the History of Love, by Feng Menglong.
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 8: Sentiment cover
Rating 4.0
A Concise Classified History of Love, Volume 8: Sentiment Feng Menglong Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 This book is Volume 8, "Emotions," of An Outline of the History of Love, by Feng Menglong.