Chinese lives
Subtitle: the people who made a civilization
By: Victor H. Mair, Sanping Chen, Frances Wood
Contributors: Chen, Sanping; Wood, Frances, 1948-
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780500251928
Subjects: Biography; History
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.