Chinese roundabout essays in history and culture

The Paris years of Arcadio Huang -- The peregrinations of Mendes Pinto -- Matteo Ricci and the ascent to Peking -- Gamble in China -- Malraux's Temptation -- Looking east : the long view -- The seven ages of K'ang-hsi -- The energies of Ming life -- A painter's circles -- Collapse of...

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1. Verfasser: Spence, Jonathan D. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY u.a. Norton 1992
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Zusammenfassung:The Paris years of Arcadio Huang -- The peregrinations of Mendes Pinto -- Matteo Ricci and the ascent to Peking -- Gamble in China -- Malraux's Temptation -- Looking east : the long view -- The seven ages of K'ang-hsi -- The energies of Ming life -- A painter's circles -- Collapse of a purist -- A vibrant doctrine -- The dialogue of Chinese science -- Being Chinese -- Food -- Medicine -- Taxes -- Opium -- Cock's blood and Browning pistols -- Film and politics : Bai Hua's Bitter love -- Tiananmen -- Poetry and physics : the spirits of opposition -- Arthur Wright -- Arthur Waley -- John Fairbank -- Fang Chao-ying.
The Paris years of Arcadio Huang -- The peregrinations of Mendes Pinto -- Matteo Ricci and the ascent to Peking -- Gamble in China -- Malraux's Temptation -- Looking east : the long view -- The seven ages of K'ang-hsi -- The energies of Ming life -- A painter's circles -- Collapse of a purist -- A vibrant doctrine -- The dialogue of Chinese science -- Being Chinese -- Food -- Medicine -- Taxes -- Opium -- Cock's blood and Browning pistols -- Film and politics : Bai Hua's Bitter love -- Tiananmen -- Poetry and physics : the spirits of opposition -- Arthur Wright -- Arthur Waley -- John Fairbank -- Fang Chao-ying
Beschreibung:XIII, 400 S
Ill
25 cm
ISBN:0393309940
0-393-30994-0