The Three Kingdoms—why is this historical novel a must-read? The short but succinct introduction in the Graham Brash, Singapore edition (1985) of the 1925 Shanghai…
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Month: August 2025
A Retrospective Study: The Three Kingdoms (Part 6)
Written on 30 Dec 2010, reproduced below. LWH, Sunday 6 am, 10 August 2025 Subject: Re: San Guo (Part 6) Sent: Dec 30, 2010 7:51…
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The Chinese Experience
The Chinese Experience by Raymond Dawson is an old book. Written and published in 1978 by an Oxford lecturer in Chinese history, it is an…
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No Dogs And Not Many Chinese
“No dogs and Chinese—” Does such a sign exist outside park and residential areas reserved for Westerners in the treaty port of Shanghai? In 1793,…
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Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China – Part 1
This book by Gray Tuttle (hardcover 2005), a professor of Tibetan studies at Columbia University, argues that the West has wrongly portrayed the relations between…
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Under the Malaccan Sun
A mother’s love knows no bounds. Under the Malaccan Sun: A Malaysian Childhood by CP Bok (published 2025) will appeal to readers who grew up…
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The Three Kingdoms and Chiang Kai-shek
It is a well-known fact that Chiang Kai-shek is steeped in the Chinese classics. One wonders, therefore, whether this famous quote from the Three Kingdoms…
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A Retrospective Study: The Three Kingdoms (Part 5)
Written on 29 Dec 2010, reproduced below. Lwh, 2 August 2025 Subject: Re: San Guo (part 5) Sent: Dec 29, 2010 2:50 PM San Guo…
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A Retrospective Study: The Three Kingdoms (Part 4)
Written on 29 Dec 2010. Lwh, 2 August 2025 Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010, 07:31 Subject: Re: San Guo Yanyi (part 4) I am reading…
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A Retrospective Study: The Three Kingdoms (Part 3)
Written on 28 Dec 2010. Lwh, 1 August 2025 In Imperial China, there were 2 bases to claim the right to succeed to the throne.…
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