Late Qing Society

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Twenty Thousand Li Outside the Forbidden City: Late Qing Urban Life as Depicted by a British Woman Writer cover
Rating 4.0
Twenty Thousand Li Outside the Forbidden City: Late Qing Urban Life as Depicted by a British Woman Writer 罗安逸 / 沈弘 Zhejiang Gongshang University Press · 2025 In 1907–1909, an obscure British woman writer set out on a grand journey across China. From an outsider's perspective she recorded the Chinese society…
Selected Unofficial Records of the Qing Dynasty cover
Rating 3.7
Selected Unofficial Records of the Qing Dynasty 梁溪坐观老人 · 2025 Qing Dynasty Anecdotes: Selected Tales is a collection of Qing dynasty lore by the late-Qing author Liangxi Zuoguan Laoren. This volume presents selec…
A Study and Annotated Edition of Yanagiwara Sakimitsu's Diary of His Mission to Qing China cover
Rating 4.0
A Study and Annotated Edition of Yanagiwara Sakimitsu's Diary of His Mission to Qing China Nie Youjun Peking University Press · 2025 The "Research" section of this book begins with a literary reading that assigns meaning to discourse, sorts through the contents of The Diary of the M…
Dianshizhai Pictorial: Illustrated Guide to Strange Tales cover
Rating 4.0
Dianshizhai Pictorial: Illustrated Guide to Strange Tales 盛文强 Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House · 2024 Dianshizhai Pictorial was the earliest and one of the most influential news lithographic pictorials in modern China. It was founded on May 8, 1884, by…
Immortal Companions in One Boat cover
Rating 3.9
Immortal Companions in One Boat 吴友如 / 周慕桥 / 何元俊 / 张佩 China Culture and History Press · 2024 This book is one volume of the Dianshizhai Pictorial series. The Dianshizhai Pictorial was the earliest and most influential news pictorial published …
Ambition Reaches the Clouds cover
Rating 3.4
Ambition Reaches the Clouds 吴友如 / 周慕桥 / 何元俊 / Wu Jianyu China Culture and History Press · 2024 This book is the Yin volume of Dianshizhai Pictorial. Dianshizhai Pictorial was the earliest and most influential news pictorial published in modern C…
The Elegant Kite Gathering cover
Rating 3.5
The Elegant Kite Gathering 吴友如 / 周慕桥 / 何元俊 / Wu Jianyu China Culture and History Press · 2024 This book is the Silk volume of the Dianshizhai Pictorial. The Dianshizhai Pictorial was the earliest and most influential news pictorial published in…
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Rating 3.8
The Golden Signboard 吴友如 / 周慕桥 / 何元俊 / Wu Jianyu China Culture and History Press · 2024 This book belongs to the Mao volume of Dianshizhai Pictorial. Dianshizhai Pictorial is the earliest and most influential news pictorial published in m…
The Learned Teacher Asks About Words cover
Rating 3.7
The Learned Teacher Asks About Words 吴友如 / 周慕桥 / 何元俊 / Wu Jianyu China Culture and History Press · 2024 This book is the Noon volume of Dianshizhai Pictorial, the earliest and most influential illustrated news pictorial published in modern China. Coverin…
An Auspicious Omen: The Runner-Up Scholar cover
Rating 3.4
An Auspicious Omen: The Runner-Up Scholar 吴友如 / 周慕桥 / 何元俊 / 张佩 China Culture and History Press · 2024 This book is the Yu volume of the Dianshizhai Pictorial. The Dianshizhai Pictorial is the earliest and most influential news pictorial published in mo…
The First Herald of Plucking the Osmanthus cover
Rating 3.4
The First Herald of Plucking the Osmanthus 吴友如 / 周慕桥 / 何元俊 / Zhang Yisan China Culture and History Press · 2024 This book is the Metal volume of the Dianshizhai Pictorial. The Dianshizhai Pictorial is the earliest and most influential news pictorial published in…
A Man's Spirit in a Woman cover
Rating 3.9
A Man's Spirit in a Woman 吴友如 / 周慕桥 / 何元俊 / Wang Hanying China Culture and History Press · 2024 This book is the You volume of Dianshizhai Pictorial. Dianshizhai Pictorial was the earliest and most influential news pictorial published in modern C…
Returning the Gold to Save the Son cover
Rating 3.7
Returning the Gold to Save the Son 吴友如 / 周慕桥 / 何元俊 / Wu Jianyu China Culture and History Press · 2024 This book belongs to the Xing volume of Dianshizhai Pictorial. Dianshizhai Pictorial is the earliest and most influential news pictorial published in …
A Hundred Birds Hail the King cover
Rating 3.5
A Hundred Birds Hail the King 吴友如 / 周慕桥 / 何元俊 / Wu Jianyu China Culture and History Press · 2024 This book is an anthology from Dianshizhai Pictorial, China's earliest and most influential news pictorial of the modern era. Covering social issues, …
The Grand Lantern Contest cover
Rating 3.5
The Grand Lantern Contest 吴友如 / 周慕桥 / 何元俊 / Wu Jianyu China Culture and History Press · 2024 This book is the Wood volume of Dianshizhai Pictorial. Dianshizhai Pictorial is the earliest and most influential news pictorial published in modern C…
Pepper Blossoms and Wine Offered cover
Rating 3.7
Pepper Blossoms and Wine Offered 吴友如 / 周慕桥 / 何元俊 / Wu Jianyu China Culture and History Press · 2024 This book is the Wei volume of Dianshizhai Pictorial. Dianshizhai Pictorial is the earliest and most influential pictorial news magazine published in …
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Rating 3.8
Stubborn by Nature 吴友如 / 周慕桥 / 何元俊 / 张佩 China Culture and History Press · 2024 This book is the Bamboo volume of Dianshizhai Pictorial. Dianshizhai Pictorial was the earliest and most influential news pictorial published in moder…
A Strange Tale of Catching the Moon cover
Rating 3.7
A Strange Tale of Catching the Moon 吴友如 / 周慕桥 / 何元俊 / Wu Jianyu China Culture and History Press · 2024 This book is the Yuan collection of Dianshizhai Pictorial, the earliest and most influential news pictorial published in modern China. Covering social…
The Cases of Lord Shi (16) cover
Rating 2.8
The Cases of Lord Shi (16) Anonymous · 2024 Cases of Lord Shi, a late Qing popular novel. Also known as The Story of Lord Shi's Cases, Strange Tales of Shi's Cases, and A Hundred Marvelous Judgm…
The Cases of Lord Shi (15) cover
Rating 2.8
The Cases of Lord Shi (15) Anonymous · 2024 Cases of Lord Shi is a popular late Qing novel. Also known as The Story of Lord Shi's Cases, Strange Tales of Shi's Cases, and A Hundred Strange Judgm…