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Kang-shi Emperor’s Southern Tours: A Historical Perspective

The Kang-shi Emperor made six famous Southern Tours from 1684 to 1707. The days spent on each of the 6 tours were 60, 70, 102,…

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A Glimpse into Luxury: Tsao Chan’s Recollection

Julia_M September 12, 2023 No Comments Asian & Asian Americans Biographies Asian American Literature & Fiction Asian Literary History & Criticism Chinese History (Books)Customs & Traditions Social Sciences Fiction Satire Literary Criticism & Theory Literary Fiction (Books)

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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The Dream of the Red Chamber (Part 3)

Julia_M August 9, 2022 No Comments Asian Literary History & Criticism Classic American Literature Cultural Heritage Fiction Family Saga Fiction Gothic & Romantic Literary Criticism (Books)Literary Criticism & Theory

A title (out of five) that Cao Xueqin considered using for his magnum opus is The Twelve Beauties of Jinling. The 5-volume set by Penguin…

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The Dream of the Red Chamber (Part 1)

Julia_M August 4, 2022 No Comments Asian Literary History & Criticism Gothic & Romantic Literary Criticism (Books)Literary Criticism & Theory

It is now more or less settled that the author of chapters 1 to 80 of the Dream of the Red Chamber is Cao Xueqin,…

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The Tang China & Japan

Julia_M September 27, 2021 No Comments Asian Literary History & Criticism Chinese History (Books)Eastern Philosophy (Books)General China Travel Guides Historical Japan Biographies Japanese History (Books)Japanese Literary Criticism (Books)Japanese Literature Medieval Literary Criticism (Books)

The record of a pilgrimage to China in search of the law. This is a 2020 reprint of a translation originally published in 1955. It…

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Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel (part 2)

Julia_M August 2, 2021 No Comments Asian Literary History & Criticism Ethnic Studies (Books)Gothic & Romantic Literary Criticism (Books)

Sao Guo Yanyi is the common name for this novel. Yanyi means romance. Thus, the novel is titled Romance of the three kingdoms. ” The…

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Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel

Julia_M July 30, 2021 No Comments Asian Literary History & Criticism Ethnic Studies (Books)Gothic & Romantic Literary Criticism (Books)

The Three Kingdom/ San Guo (part 1) Starting my reading of Three kingdoms. A 2- volume complete and unabridged translation by Moss Roberts. Published 1994.…

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A bibliophile delights

Julia_M September 15, 2020 No Comments Architecture (Books)Asian Literary History & Criticism General Japan Travel Guides Japanese History (Books)Literary & Religious Travel Guides Women in History

Kinokuniya KLCC @ KL has a superb collection of English books. If any book is not in the store, they will bring in at no…

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The Story of the Stone

Julia_M March 16, 2020 No Comments Asian Literary History & Criticism Chinese Literature Family Saga Fiction Gothic & Romantic Literary Criticism (Books)Literary Criticism & Theory Literature Medieval Literary Criticism (Books)Short Stories Anthologies

This is the complete 5 volume of the Dream of the Red Chamber also known as The Story of the Stone. It has 120 chapters.…

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Chinese poetry

Julia_M October 3, 2019 1 Comment Asian Literary History & Criticism Asian Literature (Books)Chinese Literature Chinese Poetry (Books)Haiku & Japanese Poetry Poetry Anthologies (Books)

There are 2 famous Chinese poems on family infighting for the throne. One is from The Three Kingdoms era. The second is from the Tang…