Imperfect understanding
Subtitle: intimate portraits of Chinese celebrities
By: by Wen Yuan-ning and others ; edited and with an introduction by Christopher Rea
Contributors: Rea, Christopher G., editor, writer of introduction
Series: Cambria sinophone world series; Cambria sinophone world series
Publisher: Cambria Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Amherst, New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781604979435
Subjects: Biography; History; Intellectuals
Description: "Imperfect Understanding is an extraordinary artifact of Chinese literary and social history. The people written about are among the most important figures of the Republican era, and the particular perspective on them presented by the essays is of both literary and historical importance"--
Notes: Imperfect understanding originally published in 1935.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / by Christopher Rea; title: Imperfect understanding / Wen Yuan-ning; title: Unedited biographies; title: Intimate portraits.