When Tsao Chan left Nanking and moved to Peking after his adopted father Tsao Fu was removed as the Textile Commissioner for Nanking by the…
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Tag: Asian & Asian Americans Biographies
Ts’ao Yin and the Kang-Hsi Emperor: Bondservant and Master
The Kang Hsi Emperor is famous for his six Southern Tours, in 1684, 1689, 1699, 1703, 1705 and 1707. On the last four of these…
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Ts’ao Yin and the Kang-Hsi Emperor
This is a wonderfully written book on the relationship between Kang-Hsi and his bondservant Tsao Yin. The text is interspersed with Memorials between the two,…
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The Han Emperors’ Dilemma: War, Taxes, and a Brave Plea
The Han Emperors struggled between a policy of waging war against the Hsiung Nu or passive defense with diplomacy. [ p 27 The Pattern of…
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Cameron Highlands 2023 – Hidden Gems
The only place to buy The Star and NST is Ramasamy provision shop at Brinchang. It is run by an Indian lady who also owns…
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Kino’s haul
I had a great harvest last Saturday. Not the harvest of souls as in Matthew 13:8. But of 4 excellent books at Kinokuniya. The House…
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Xi Jinping: Political Career, Governance, and Leadership
This 2022 biography of Xi Jin Ping is the latest English biography of him. It serves as a huge lacuna in the market. Especially, when…
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A Daughter of Han
This is the life story of a Chinese peasant who lived from 1867 to 1938. Born in Peng Lai, a city in Shantung, facing Manchuria…
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Six Records of a Floating Life
This memoir on six distinct areas of the life of a Ching dynasty scholar, Shen Fu, was written in 1809. We only have four records…
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Introduction to Western specialists on China’s history (Part 3)
Jonathan Spence is the doyen. Formerly a Brit, now an American, his book output on China is prolific. One of his best is Treason by…
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