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Victor H. Mair & Zhenjun Zhang
Ming Dynasty Tales
A Guided Reader

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With commentary and annotations throughout,
Ming Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader presents for the first time in English 10 key stories from China”s Ming Dynasty era. Casting new light on this significant period in Chinese literary history, these tales bring Ming era China vividly to life, from its chaotic beginnings to its imperial heyday.

As well as bearing witness to social change across the 100-year life of the Yuan Dynasty from 1260 to 1368, these tales tackle key themes of war and peace and Confucian values of loyalty, filiality, chastity, and righteousness.

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Format EPUB ● Pagini 200 ● ISBN 9781350263307 ● Editor Victor H. Mair & Zhenjun Zhang ● Editura Bloomsbury Publishing ● Publicat 2022 ● Descărcabil 3 ori ● Valută EUR ● ID 8302996 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM

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