Frances Wood

Great Books of China: From Ancient Times to the Present

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Produktbeschreibung

A unique introduction to Chinese culture and civilization through concise and illuminating introductions to key literary works from antiquity to the present.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: BlueBridge
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781629190181
• ISBN-10: 1629190187
• Artikelnr.: 49095992

Autorenporträt

FRANCES WOOD, a well-known historian of China and Chinese culture, was for many years head of the Chinese collections at the British Library. She has lectured widely, created exhibitions, and written a number of books including "China's First Emperor and His Terracotta Warriors", "The Silk Road", and the "Blue Guide to China".

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Book of Songs * Shi jing (c. 1000-c. 600 BCE)
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Book of Changes * Yi jing (first millennium BCE)
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Classic of the Way and of Virtue * Daode jing
LAOZI (c. sixth century BCE)
Zhuangzi
ZHUANGZI (c. fourth century BCE)
Analects * Lun yu
CONFUCIUS (c. 551-c. 479 BCE)
Mencius * Mengzi
MENCIUS (c. 372-c. 289 BCE)
Master Sun's Art of War * Sunzi bingfa
SUN WU (c. 544-c. 496 BCE)
Almanac * Tongshu
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Proper Ritual * Yi li (Western [or Former] Han/206 BCE-9 CE)
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
The Grand Scribe's Records * Shi ji
SIMA QIAN (c. 150-c. 86 BCE)
Nineteen Old Poems * Gu shi shijiu shou (Eastern [or Later] Han/25-220 CE)
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Records of the Buddhist Kingdoms * Foguo ji
FAXIAN (c. 337-c. 422 CE)
Lotus Sutra * Saddharmapundarika sutra (translation into Chinese third to
fifth centuries CE)
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Diamond Sutra * Vajracchedikaprajnaparamita sutra (translation into Chinese
fifth century CE)
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Poems
LI BAI (701-762)
Poems
DU FU (712-770)
Poems
LI SHANGYIN (c. 813-c. 858)
The Story of Yingying * Yingying zhuan
YUAN ZHEN (779-831)
Master Dong's Western Chamber Romance * Dong shi Xi xiang ji zhugongtiao
DONG JIEYUAN (flourished c. 1189-c. 1208)
Romance of the Western Chamber * Xi xiang ji
WANG SHIFU (c. 1250-c. 1337)
Poems
LI QINGZHAO (1084-c. 1150)
The Orphan of Zhao * Zhao shi guer
Attributed to JI JUNXIAN (c. thirteenth century)
Three-Character Classic * Sanzi jing
Attributed to WANG YINGLIN (1223-1296)
Twenty-Four Exemplars of Filial Piety * Ershisi xiao
Attributed to GUO JUJING (1260-1368)
The Water Margin * Shuihu zhuan
Attributed to SHI NAIAN (c. 1296-c. 1372) or LUO GUANZHONG (c. 1330-c.
1400)
The Story of the Three Kingdoms * Sanguo zhi
Attributed to LUO GUANZHONG (c. 1330-c. 1400)
The Story of the Lute * Pipa ji
GAO MING (c. 1305-c. 1370)
The Classic of Lu Ban * Lu Ban jing (fifteenth century)
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Journey to the West * Xiyou ji
Attributed to WU CHENG'EN (c. 1500-c. 1582)
Plum in a Golden Vase * Jinpingmei (c. 1582-96)
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
The Carnal Prayer Mat * Rou putuan
Attributed to LI YU (1610-1680)
Travels of Xu Xiake * Xu Xiake youji
XU XIAKE (1587-1641)
Tracks of a Wild Goose in the Snow * Hongxuan yinyuan tuji
LINQING (1791-1846)
The Craft of Gardens * Yuan ye
JI CHENG (1582-c. 1642)
Exploitation of the Works of Nature * Tiangong kaiwu
SONG YINGXING (1587-c. 1666)
Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting * Jieziyuan huazhuan (1679-1701)
AUTHOR UNKNOWN; Preface by LI YU (1610-1680)
The Peach Blossom Fan * Taohua shan
KONG SHANREN (1648-1718)
Poems/Essays
YUAN MEI (1716-1798)
Unofficial History of the Grove of Literati * Rulin waishi
WU JINGZI (1701-1754)
Three Hundred Tang Poems * Tang shi sanbai shou
SUN ZHU (1722-1778)
Strange Stories from the Liao Studio * Liaozhai zhiyi
PU SONGLING (1640-1715)
Dream of the Red Chamber * Hongloumeng
CAO XUEQIN (c. 1715-1763)
Six Records of a Floating Life * Fusheng liu ji
SHEN FU (1763-after 1807)
Poems
QIU JIN (c. 1875-1907)
The Travels of Lao Can * Lao Can youji
LIU E (1857-1909)
"My Old Home" (in Call to Arms) * "Gu xiang" (in Nahan)
Old Tales Retold * Gushi xinbian
LU XUN (1881-1936)
Miss Sophie's Diary * Shafei nüshi riji
DING LING (c. 1904-1986)
Mr. Ma and Son * Er Ma
Camel Xiangzi * Luotuo xiangzi
Beneath the Red Banner * Zheng hongqi xia
LAO SHE (1899-1966)
Family * Jia
BA JIN (1904-2005)
Midnight * Ziye
MAO DUN (1896-1981)
Autobiography of a Girl Soldier * Yige nübing de zizhuan
XIE BINGYING (1906-2000)
The Man Who Came Home on a Snowy Night * Fengxue ye guiren
WU ZUGUANG (1917-2003)
Little Black's Marriage * Xiao Erhei jiehun
ZHAO SHULI (1906-1970)
Biography of the First Ming Emperor * Zhu Yuanzhang zhuan
WU HAN (1909-1969)
Fortress Besieged * Wei cheng
QIAN ZHONGSHU (1910-1998)
Memories of South Peking * Chengnan jiushi
LIN HAIYIN (1918-2001)
From Emperor to Citizen * Wode qian ban sheng
PUYI (1906-1967)
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung * Mao Zhuxi yulu
MAO ZEDONG (1893-1976)
Half a Lifelong Romance * Bansheng yuan
Lust, Caution * Si, rong
ZHANG AILING (EILEEN CHANG) (1920-1995)
Mayor Yin * Yin xianzhang
CHEN RUOXI (CHEN JO-HSI) (born 1938)
Six Chapters from a Cadre School Life * Ganxiao liu ji
YANG JIANG (1911-2016)
Stones of the Wall * Ren a ren!
DAI HOUYING (1938-1996)
Chronology
Notes
Index