The Chinese Empire, Past and Present
Author | : Ki-tong Tcheng |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1900 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Ki-tong Tcheng |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1900 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ke-Tung Ching |
Publisher | : Palala Press |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2016-05-20 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781357675042 |
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : Chi-t'ung Ch'en |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 243 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mark Edward Lewis |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 2010-10-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674057341 |
In 221 bc the First Emperor of Qin unified the lands that would become the heart of a Chinese empire. Though forged by conquest, this vast domain depended for its political survival on a fundamental reshaping of Chinese culture. With this informative book, we are present at the creation of an ancient imperial order whose major features would endure for two millennia. The Qin and Han constitute the "classical period" of Chinese history--a role played by the Greeks and Romans in the West. Mark Edward Lewis highlights the key challenges faced by the court officials and scholars who set about governing an empire of such scale and diversity of peoples. He traces the drastic measures taken to transcend, without eliminating, these regional differences: the invention of the emperor as the divine embodiment of the state; the establishment of a common script for communication and a state-sponsored canon for the propagation of Confucian ideals; the flourishing of the great families, whose domination of local society rested on wealth, landholding, and elaborate kinship structures; the demilitarization of the interior; and the impact of non-Chinese warrior-nomads in setting the boundaries of an emerging Chinese identity. The first of a six-volume series on the history of imperial China, The Early Chinese Empires illuminates many formative events in China's long history of imperialism--events whose residual influence can still be discerned today.
Author | : Tcheng-Ki-Tong Tcheng-Ki-Tong |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2018-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780666667090 |
Excerpt from The Chinese Empire: Past and Present As the Chinese language has no alphabet, but depends on a combination of about five hundred syllables, foreigners can only imitate the sounds of these syllables as nearly as possible with the letters of their own alphabet. Chinese words are therefore to be pronounced precisely as they are spelled, with a sort of separate emphasis on each syllable. The difficulty lies in the fact that the vowels have differ ent sounds in the different western languages. Thus, maps made in Germany will have one spelling and maps made in England will have another. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Chi-t'ung Ch'en |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780598534958 |
Author | : William T. Rowe |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2010-02-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 0674054555 |
In a brisk revisionist history, William Rowe challenges the standard narrative of Qing China as a decadent, inward-looking state that failed to keep pace with the modern West. This original, thought-provoking history of China's last empire is a must-read for understanding the challenges facing China today.
Author | : James Martin Miller |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 1900 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James Martin Miller |
Publisher | : Palala Press |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 2015-11-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781346533964 |
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : William Winterbotham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 588 |
Release | : 1795 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : |