Chinese lives
the people who made a civilization
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Author
Contributions
- Chen, Sanping - Contributor
- Wood, Frances, 1948- - Contributor
Publication
2013 - Thames & Hudson, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
58,000 words, Guess
Page Count
232 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27145057M
- ISBN-139780500251928
- ISBN-100500251924
- OCLC Control Number870017289
- OCLC Control Number829883573
and 1 more
- OCLC Control Numberchineselivespeop0000mair
Classifications
- DDC951
- LCCDS
Description
This book tells the story of China through 96 short biographies. This book includes a colourful array of very different men and women: emperors and empresses, concubines, officials and political figures, rebels, exiles, philosophers, writers and poets, artists, musicians, scientists, military leaders and committed pacifists. This is a perfect introduction to China's long history for the modern reader, seen through the eyes of the men and women who helped shape the civilization's past.
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