Victor H Mair, Sanping Chen, Frances Wood

Chinese Lives

The People Who Made a Civilization

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

3000 years of Chinese history presented through the lives of ninety-six illustrious participants from all periods and all parts of the country

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 163mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780500251928
• ISBN-10: 0500251924
• Artikelnr.: 36753061

Autorenporträt

Victor Mair is Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Pennysylvania. His numerous publications include The True History of Tea and The Tarim Mummies, both published by Thames & Hudson.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
96 Lives in four chronological sections, each with a brief historical introduction: 1. The Shang to Han dynasties (c. 16th century bc to AD 220)
2. The period of disunion to the Sui, Tang dynasties (220-907)
3. The period of disunion to the Yuan dynasty (907-1386)
4. The Ming dynasty to the People's Republic of China (1368 to the present)