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Traditional Chinese Culture and Society Book Fund
The Traditional Chinese Culture and Society Book Fund supports the publication of books on Chinese history, literature, and art in the periods before 1800.
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The Dong World and Imperial China’s Southwest Silk Road
Trade, Security, and State Formation
Brings a borderlands perspective to the history of China
From the eighth to thirteenth centuries along China’s rugged southern periphery, trade in tribute articles and an interregional horse market thrived. These ties dramatically affected imperial China’s...
ISBN: 9780295752792
more detailsGood Formulas
Empirical Evidence in Mid-Imperial Chinese Medical Texts
How early print culture reshaped strategies for presenting medical knowledge
Why and how did the strategy of documenting medical practices through personal experience rise to prominence in China? This question is at the heart of Good...
ISBN: 9780295751399
more detailsPorcelain for the Emperor
Manufacture and Technocracy in Qing China
A new perspective for understanding the technology behind goods “made in China”
The exquisite ceramic ware produced at the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory at Jingdezhen in southern China functioned as a kind of visual propaganda for the...
ISBN: 9780295750828
more detailsThe Many Lives of the First Emperor of China
Tyrant or national hero? An interdisciplinary exploration of China's First Emperor
Ying Zheng, founder of the Qin empire, is recognized as a pivotal figure in world history, alongside other notable conquerors such as Alexander the Great,...
ISBN: 9780295750224
more detailsA Ming Confucian’s World
Selections from Miscellaneous Records from the Bean Garden
A forgotten century marks the years between the Ming dynasty's (1368–1644) turbulent founding and its sixteenth-century age of exploration and economic transformation. In this period of social stability, retired scholar-official Lu Rong chronicled his observations...
ISBN: 9780295749938
more detailsHealing with Poisons
Potent Medicines in Medieval China
Winner of the 2023 William H. Welch Medal, sponsored by the American Association for the History of Medicine
A revealing study of risky cures in classical Chinese pharmacy
At first glance, medicine and poison might seem to...
ISBN: 9780295748993
more detailsThe Empress in the Pepper Chamber
Zhao Feiyan in History and Fiction
An infamous Chinese femme fatale, in history and fiction
Zhao Feiyan (45–1 BCE), the second empress appointed by Emperor Cheng of the Han dynasty (207 BCE–220 CE), was born in slavery and trained in the performing...
ISBN: 9780295748757
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