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Legge: The Sacred Books of China. Texts of Confucianism. Texts of Taoism. In 6 volumes: SBE 3, 16, 27, 28, 39, 40. Hardback

Sacred Books of China. Texts of Confucianism. Texts of Taoism. In 6 volumes: SBE 3, 16, 27, 28, 39, 40. Hardback translated by James Legge Texts of Confucianism. Shu King. The Religious Portion of the Shih King. The Hsao King. xxx, 492 pages Texts of Confucianism. Yi King. With 7 Appendices, xx, 448 pages Texts of Confucianism. Li Ki. Part 1. i-x. xiv + 483 pages Texts of Confucianism. Li Ki. Part 2. xi-xlvi. 496 pages. Index Texts of Taoism. Tao Teh King. The Writings of Kwang-Tze. Books I-XVII. xxii, 396 pages Texts of Taoism. Writings of Kwang-Tze. Books xviii-xxxiii. The Thai-Shang Tractate of Actions and Their Retributions. Appendices. Books i-viii. viii, 340 pages

9780824813130 Lum: Sailing for the Sun: The Chinese in Hawaii, 1789-1989. Cloth

Sailing for the Sun: The Chinese in Hawaii, 1789-1989. Cloth. Ca. 23 x 31 cm Arlene Lum, editor 200 pages, with numerous colour and black-white illustrations. 1988. Describes the lives of Chinese immigrants in Hawaii, and looks at their contributions to the development of the state

9780028810737 Mishler: Sampan Sailor. A Navy Man's Adventures in WWII China. Cloth

Sampan Sailor. A Navy Man's Adventures in WWII China. Cloth by Clayton Mishler xiv, 215 pages, index, several maps. 1994. Mishler was on the ground for two years during WW II with Chinese forces in a secret unit the Sino-American Cooperative Organization. He recounts his adventures as he and his fellow sailors ranged China's countryside, training Chinese guerrillas, keeping the US fleet apprised of weather conditions and Japanese movements, and risking their lives on ambushes

9780804737357 / Rowe: Saving the World: Chen Hongmou and Elite Consciousness in Eighteenth-Century China. Cloth

Saving the World: Chen Hongmou and Elite Consciousness in Eighteenth-Century China. Cloth William T. Rowe. xii, 601 pages, 14 illustrations. 2001. Rowe examines his life as a window into the views Qing officials had of the perfect world and their role in attempting to achieve it. Because the role of the Qing statesmen came to be seen as the model for succeeding generations of Chinese statesmen, Rowe feels that the study of their world views offers a valuable window into the values of Chinese statecraft.

9781590306307 Green: The Sayings of Layman P'ang: A Zen Classic of China. Paperback

Sayings of Layman P'ang: A Zen Classic of China. Paperback by James Green xxxix, 130 pages, illustrated. 2009

9780813326160 Zheng Yi: Scarlet Memorial: Tales of Cannibalism in Modern China. Paperback

Scarlet Memorial: Tales of Cannibalism in Modern China. Paperback edited and translated by T.P. Sym, by Zheng, Yi / Yi, Zheng / Sym, T. P. / Cheng, I xxii, 199 pages, with 3 maps, 27 illustrations, index. 1998. Provides an account of officially sanctioned cannibalism during the Cultural Revolution

9780231102629 Birch: Scenes for Mandarins. The Elite Theater of the Ming. Hardcover

Scenes for Mandarins. The Elite Theater of the Ming. Hardcover by Cyril Birch 262 pages, with 9 illustrations, notes, suggested readings. 1995. Describes the rise and development of Ming theater, the height of classical Chinese theater, developed between 1368 and 1644. Translated highlights from six representational plays of the period are set in historical and cultural context, and fictionalized reenactments show how the plays might have been staged

9781568362496 Corn: The Scents of Eden. A Narrative of the Spice Trade. Paperback

Scents of Eden. A Narrative of the Spice Trade. Paperback Charles Corn 337 pages. 1999. Based on archival material, this book presents the history of the military, diplomatic and economic power struggle for control of the world's most lucrative food stuffs, and domination of the Indian Ocean

9780062502322 Deng Ming-dao: Scholar Warrior: An Introduction to the Tao in Everyday Life. Paperback

Scholar Warrior: An Introduction to the Tao in Everyday Life. Paperback Deng Ming-dao vi, 351 pages. 1990

9780520247888 Hendrischke: The Scripture on Great Peace. The Taiping Jing and the Beginnings of Daoism. Hardback

Scripture on Great Peace. The Taiping Jing and the Beginnings of Daoism. Hardback Barbara Hendrischke x, 410 pages. 2007. A Western-language translation of one of the great books of the Daoist religious tradition, the "Taiping Jing", or "Scripture on Great Peace," documenting early Chinese medieval thought and laying the groundwork for a complete understanding of Daoism's origins

9780393307801; Spence: The Search for Modern China. Second edition. American Paperback

Search for Modern China. American Paperback by Jonathan D. Spence xxv, 876 pages, many maps and tables, 16 plates with photos. 1991. Covering more than four centuries of Chinese history, this work chronicles the various dynasties, the ideas of reformist Confucian scholars, and China's poets, novelists, artists, students, and leaders

9780300078152 Scott: Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed. Paperback

Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed. Paperback by James C. Scott 460 pages. 1998

Liu Ruyang: Selected Paintings of Wang Yanzhang. Cloth

Selected Paintings of Wang Yanzhang. Cloth, ca. 26x36 cm editor: Liu Ruyang 18 pages text in Chinese and English, 75 full-size colour plates, biography. Beijing 1988

Wu Zuoren, Xiao Shufang, Ai Zhongxin: Selected Paintings of Wu Zuoren and Xiao Shufang. Cloth

Selected Paintings of Wu Zuoren and Xiao Shufang. Cloth, ca. 26x36cm by Ai Zhongxin 112 pages catalogue, in colour, with biographies, Chinese-English-French edition. 45 paintings by Wu Zuoren / 22 paintings by Xiao Shufang. Beijing: Second edition, 1985

Xiao Hong: Selected Stories of Xiao Hong. A celebrated woman writer

Selected Stories of Xiao Hong. A celebrated woman writer Translated by Howard Goldblatt 220 pages. Most stories are set in North-East China

Jiangsu Academy: The Selected Works from Jiangsu Academy of Traditional Chinese Painting. Cloth.

Selected Works from Jiangsu Academy of Traditional Chinese Painting. Cloth. ca. 26x36 cm. 114 full-size colour illustrations, short biographies in Chinese, and photo's of all the artists Catalogue is in both Chinese and English language 1987

Deng Xiaoping: Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping: Volume III: 1982 - 1992. Paperback

Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping: Volume III: 1982 - 1992. Paperback. 400 pages. 1994

China Yang Shuo: A Selection of Prose Pieces. Paperback

Selection of Prose Pieces. Paperback by Yang Shuo 108 pages 1980

Liu Kaiqu: Selection of Sculptures by Ye Yushan. Paperback

Selection of Sculptures by Ye Yushan. Paperback, ca. 21 x 28 cm Executive editor Du Qi. Introduction by Liu Kaiqu 98 pages, with numerous, mainly colour, illustrations. 1986

0824827643 Laing: Selling Happiness: Calendar Posters and Visual Culture in Early-Twentieth-Century Shanghai. Hardcover

Selling Happiness: Calendar Posters and Visual Culture in Early-Twentieth-Century Shanghai. Hardcover by Laing, Ellen Johnston x, 305 pages. 2004 Click here for more product information

9780804758376 / Hanser: Service Encounters: Class, Gender, and the Market for Social Distinction in Urban China. Paperback

Service Encounters: Class, Gender, and the Market for Social Distinction in Urban China. Paperback by Amy Hanser. viii, 235 pages, 3 tables, 6 illustrations. 2008. This lively study explores how social and economic changes to Chinese society create new cultural values and forms of inequality. Hanser examines changes to a particular set of jobs, service work, in this case salesclerk work, and the nature of the social interactions involved.

9780465003044 Sawyer: The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China. Paperback

Seven Military Classics of Ancient China. Paperback by Ralph D. Sawyer xix, 568 pages. 2007

9780804745598 / Sommer: Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China. Paperback

Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China. Paperback by Matthew H. Sommer xvi, 413 pages, 5 appendices, index. 2000. Using Qing-dynasty legal case records, Sommer studies the regulation of sexuality during the Qing dynasty by exploring the social context for types of sexual behavior criminalized by the State. He argues that the principle regulating sexuality in eighteenth-century imperial law moved from status, under which members of different groups had long been held to distinct standards of familial and sexual morality, to gender

9780521528719 /s Wakeman: The Shanghai Badlands. Wartime Terrorism and Urban Crime, 1937 - 1941. Paperback

Shanghai Badlands. Wartime Terrorism and Urban Crime, 1937 - 1941. Paperback Frederic Wakeman, Jr. 243 pages, 2 line diagrams. 2002. Between August 1937 and December 1941, when the Chinese sectors of Shanghai were occupied by the Japanese, terrorist wars broke out between Nationalist secret agents and assassins of the Japanese military authorities. The most intensely disputed area was the western suburb, the Badlands, but warfare was not restricted to that zone.

9780804724913 / Perry: Shanghai on Strike: The Politics of Chinese Labor. Paperback

Shanghai on Strike: The Politics of Chinese Labor by Elizabeth J. Perry 327 pages, 3 appendices, character list, notes and an index, illustrated. 1995

9780520249714 / Wen-Hsin Yeh: Shanghai Splendor: Economic Sentiments and the Making of Modern China, 1843-1949. Hardcover

Shanghai Splendor: Economic Sentiments and the Making of Modern China, 1843-1949. Hardcover by Wen-Hsin Yeh xiii, 305 pages, 20 illustrations. 2007

0824813553 Leung: The Shanghai Taotai: Linkage Man in a Changing Society, 1843-1890. Paperback

Shanghai Taotai: Linkage Man in a Changing Society, 1843-1890. Paperback by Leung Yuen-sang xv, 237 pages, with 5 maps, 2 charts, glossary, index and bibliography. 1991

9780684836348 Fung Yu-Lan: A Short History of Chinese Philosophy. A Systematic Account of Chinese Thought from Its Origins to Present Day. Paperback

Short History of Chinese Philosophy. A Systematic Account of Chinese Thought from Its Origins to Present Day. Paperback by Fung Yu-Lan 388 pages. 1997. This is a chronicle of Chinese thought from the third millennium sage-kings to the 1911 overthrow of the monarchical system. It focuses particularly on the most commonly known schools of Confucianism and Taoism, with insights into Mohism, "Yin-Yang", Legalism, New-Taoism and Neo-Confucianism.

9780231119993 Mair: The Shorter Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature

Shorter Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature. Paperback edited by Victor H. Mair xxx, 741 pages, with map of the Provinces of China. 2000

9780521292863 /s Ronan 1: The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 1. Paperback

Shorter Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 1. An Abridgement of J. Needham's Original Text. Paperback by Colin A. Ronan a.o.: The Chinese language; The geography of China; Chinese history: The travelling of science between China and Europe; Confucianism; Taoism; The Mohists and Logicians; The fundamental ideas of Chinese science; The pseudo-sciences and the sceptical tradition; Chin and Tang Taoists and Sung Neo-Confucians; Sung and Ming idealists and the last great figures of Chinese naturalism; Buddhist thought; The Legalists; Human law and the laws of nature Click here for more product information

9780521315609 /s Ronan 3: The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 3. Paperback

Shorter Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 3. An Abridgement of J.Needham's Original Text. Paperback Colin A. Ronan 320 pages. 1986. Chinese contributions to nautical science and technology. The book opens with an examination of what is perhaps the greatest single contribution of Chinese civilisation to nautical science, the magnetic compass. Chapters on navigation, nautical history, and voyages and discoveries, together with design and methods of construction of Chinese shipping. Chapter on nautical technology in war and peace.

9780521338738 /s Ronan 4: The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 4. Paperback

Shorter Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 4. An Abridgement of J. Needham's Original Text. Engineers, Basic Mechanical Principles and Types of Machine, Land Transport, Clockwork, Windmills, Aeronautics. Paperback by Colin A. Ronan 350 pages, with illustrations, index, description. 1994 Click here for more product information

9780521467735 /s Ronan 5: The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 5. Paperback

Shorter Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 5. An Abridgement of J.Needham's Original Text. Paperback Colin A. Ronan 380 pages, 8 tables. 1995. This fifth volume of Ronan’s abridgement of Needham’s monumental work is concerned with the staggering civil engineering feats made in early and medieval China. No other country did more, both as to scale and skill, than China. Click here for more product information

9780824814854 Chaves: Singing of the Source: Nature and God in the Poetry of the Chinese Painter Wu Li. Cloth

Singing of the Source: Nature and God in the Poetry of the Chinese Painter Wu Li. Cloth by Jonathan Chaves xiii, 209 pages, 4 pages illustrations, bibliography, index, sample Chinese texts. 1993. A comprehensive presentation and study of the poetry of Wu Li (1632-1718), one of the orthodox masters of early Ch'ing-dynasty painting, with particular attention to the circumstances that led this Chinese scholar deeply immersed in Neo-Confucianism and Buddhism to convert to Christianity and then to compose Christian poetry in classical Chinese forms

Chen: Six Contemporary Chinese Women Writers IV

Six Contemporary Chinese Women Writers IV Chen Meilan, preface 374 pages. 1995

9789813029729 Wang Xuanming: Sixteen Strategies of Zhuge Liang. Paperback

Sixteen Strategies of Zhuge Liang, based on the classic Romance of Three Kingdoms by Wang Xuanming 196 pages, as a comic strip. 1995. Sixteen Strategies of Zhuge Liang includes teachings on how a king should govern the country, how to establish a harmonious relationship between the king and subjects, discern good advice, how to deploy troops, and the importance of using reward and punishment to win the trust of its people. Click here for more product information

9789622097827 McDermott: A Social History of the Chinese Book: Books And Literati Culture in Late Imperial China. Paperback

Social History of the Chinese Book: Books And Literati Culture in Late Imperial China by Joseph P. McDermott 308 pages. 2006. Provides an account of the way Chinese books were printed, distributed, and consumed by literati and scholars, in the lower Yangzi delta, the cultural center of China.

9780691019642 Wing-tsit Chan: A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy. Paperback

Source Book in Chinese Philosophy. Translated and compiled by Wing-Tsit Chan xxv, 856 pages. 1963

9780231109390 /2/ Bary, de 1: Sources of Chinese Tradition. Volume 1: From Earliest Times to 1600. Paperback

Sources of Chinese Tradition. Volume 1: From Earliest Times to 1600. Paperback. by Wm. Theodore de Bary. 998 pages. 2000. A collection of primary readings on the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of China, this text provides a resource for scholars and students and an introduction for general readers.

9780231112710 /2/ Bary, de 2: Sources of Chinese Tradition. Volume 2: From 1600 through the Twentieth Century. Paperback

Sources of Chinese Tradition. Volume 2: From 1600 through the Twentieth Century by Theodore de Bary & Richard Lufrano. 636 pages. 2001

9780231143059 Bary, de: Sources of East Asian Tradition. Volume 1: Premodern Asia. Paperback

Sources of East Asian Tradition. Volume 1: Premodern Asia. Paperback Edited by Wm. Theodore de Bary 936 pages, 2007. Volume 1 samples writings from the earliest times to 1600, illuminating life in early China and the first imperial age, as well as the profound impact of Daoism, Buddhism, the Confucian revival, and Neo-Confucianism; the origins of Korean culture and political structures, up through the Choson dynasty; and major developments in early and medieval Japan.

9780231143233 Bary, de: Sources of East Asian Tradition. Volume 2: The Modern Period. Paperback

Sources of East Asian Tradition. Volume 2: The Modern Period. Paperback Edited by Wm. Theodore de Bary 1192 pages, 2007. Volume 2 covers major events from 1600 to the present, including the initial contact of China, Korea, and Japan with the West; nineteenth- and twentieth-century reform movements in China, along with the Nationalist and Communist revolutions; Korea's encounter with imperialist Japan; and the Meiji Restoration, the emergence of political parties and liberalism, and the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars.

Catalogue: Special Exhibition of Horse Paintings. Paperback

Special Exhibition of Horse Paintings. Paperback. Ca. 20x30 cm by Po-ting Lin and Hua-chih Chang. The National Palace Museum 120 pages, 65 color plates, including 55 works from the Museum collection, text in Chinese and English

9780520204805 /o Yang: Spider Eaters: A Memoir. Cloth

Spider Eaters: A Memoir. Cloth Rae Yang xi, 285 pages with text, 10 pages with black-white photo's. 1997. Describes the author's experiences as the daughter of Chinese diplomats, a Red Guard, and a worker on a pig farm, and discusses the impact of the Cultural Revolution on her family and the Chinese people

9780419220305 Riordan: Sport and Physical Education in China. Paperback

Sport and Physical Education in China. Paperback Riordan & Jones, editors 278 pages, 20 line illustrations, 25 halftones. 1999. The articles are written by Chinese as well as Western scholars and provide the reader with an understanding of sport and PE in China from both an historical and a contemporary perspective. Each chapter has a summary and a set of discussion topics

China: Stories from the Thirties. In 2 volumes. Paperback edition.

Stories from the Thirties: Part 1: 456 pages. Part 2: 398 pages. 1982

Wang Zengqi: Story After Supper. Paperback

Story After Supper. Paperback by Wang Zengqi 336 pages with 13 short stories. 1990

9780804742061 / Li Zhang: Strangers in the City. Paperback

Strangers in the City: Reconfigurations of Space, Power, and Social Networks within China's Population. Paperback by Li  Zhang. 286 pages, 4 maps, 14 text figures. 2001. In this revision Zhang offers a detailed ethnographic account of the construction, destruction, and reconstruction of the largest migrant community in Beijing. She focuses on the informal privatization of space and power in this community, analyzing the ways migrant leaders build their power base by controlling housing and market spaces and creating social networks

9780252021138 White-Parks: Sui Sin Far / Edith Maude Eaton: A Literary Biography. Cloth

Sui Sin Far / Edith Maude Eaton: A Literary Biography. Cloth by Annette White-Parks, Foreword by Roger Daniels xx, 268 pages, with conclusion, bibliography and index, illustrated. 1995

0834804271 Howard: Summit of Treasures: Buddhist Cave Sculpture of Dazu, China. Hardcover

Summit of Treasures: Buddhist Cave Sculpture of Dazu, China. Hardcover by Angela Falco Howard xiv, 206 pages, 181 bw and colour illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. 2001. The Song dynasty Buddhist sculptures found in the cave complexes of the Baodingshan site at Dazu in the Sichuan province of China are discussed in a rich contextual study that seeks to present them as a unified iconographic whole.  The development of the Sichuan artistic style is also considered.

9780521531351 /s Souza: The Survival of Empire. Portuguese Trade and Society in China and the South China Sea 1630–1754. Paperback

Survival of Empire. Portuguese Trade and Society in China and the South China Sea 1630–1754. Paperback G. B. Souza. 302 pages. 2004. In this original study of the Portuguese Empire in the East, the Estado da India, George Souza looks in detail at the activities of Macao. He also examines the nature of Portuguese maritime trade in Asia and analyses the focal role of Macao as an adjunct to the Canton market.

1888931159 Prentice: Suzhou. Shaping an Ancient City for the New China: : An Edaw/Pei Workshop. Paperback

Suzhou. Shaping an Ancient City for the New China: An Edaw/Pei Workshop. Paperback, ca. 26x26 cm Text by Helaine Kaplan Prentice 64 pages, with numerous black-white and color photo's and many other illustrations. 1998

0892641347 Lary: Swallows and Settlers: The Great Migration from North China to Manchuria. Hardcover

Swallows and Settlers: The Great Migration from North China to Manchuria. Cloth by Gottschang, Thomas R. / Lary, Diana xvii, 231 pages. 2000

9780520230781 Larson: Sweet Bamboo. A Memoir of a Chinese American Family. Paperback

Sweet Bamboo. A Memoir of a Chinese American Family. Paperback by Louise Leung Larson xvii, 227 pages. 2001. A memoir of a Chinese-American family who lived in Los Angeles during the early part of the 20th century. Recounted by the second daughter, this account illuminates the many changes that occured in the family as members became integrated into American society.

7800050041 Zhang Zhongjing: Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber. (Jinkui Yaolue Fanglun), A Classic of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Paperback

Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber (Jinkui Yaolue Fanglun), A Classic of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Paperback by Zhang Zhongjing 366 pages with bibliography and 4 appendices. 1987. The text offers the best available English translation of an important classic in the study of Chinee traditional medicine

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