Hsien yi yang (132 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condizione: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. Stories about Not Being Afraid of Ghosts. Book.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 255pp. Trade paperback, VG, corner tips slightly creased, no markings, translated from the Chinese, Selected Stories of Lu Hsun.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Abridged. Pages toned. 1986 Trade Paperback. iv, [4], 499 pp. An abridgment based on the 1978 three-volume unabridged version from Foreign Languages Press. "Dream of the Red Chamber, also known as A Dream of Red Mansions, The Story of the Stone, or Chronicles of the Stone is one of the masterpieces of Chinese fiction. It was composed sometime in the middle of the 18th century during the Qing Dynasty. Its authorship is attributed to Cao Xue(qin (Cao Zhan). The novel is usually grouped with three other pre-modern Chinese works of fiction, collectively known as the Four Great Classical Novels. Of these, Dream of the Red Chamber is often taken to be the zenith of Chinese classical fiction. The novel has been translated into 20 different languages either in abridged version, such as German, Italian, Greek, Hungarian, or in complete version, such as Japanese, Korean, English, French, Spanish and Russian. There are two craters on asteroid 433 Eros named after the novel's fictional characters, Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. The last 40 chapters of this 120-chapter novel are of questionable authenticity. Cao Xueqin wrote the first 80 chapters, but died before the novel saw publication. It is believed that the novel is semi-autobiographical, mirroring the fortunes of Cao Xueqin's own family. It was intended to be a memorial to the women Cao knew in his youth: friends, relatives, and servants, as the author details in the first chapter. The novel itself is a detailed, episodic record of the lives of the extended Jia Clan, made up of two branches, the Ning-guo and Rong-guo Houses, which occupies two large adjacent family compounds in the Qing capital, Beijing. Their ancestors were made Dukes, and at the novel's start the two houses were still one of the most illustrious families in the capital. Originally extremely wealthy and influential, with a female member made an Imperial Concubine, the Clan eventually fell into disfavour with the Emperor, and had their mansions raided and confiscated. The novel is a charting of the Jias' fall from the height of their prestige, centering around some 30 main characters and over 400 minor ones. The story is prefaced with supernatural Taoist and Buddhist overtones. A sentient Stone, abandoned by the Goddess Nuwa when she mended the heavens, enters the mortal realm after begging a Taoist priest and Buddhist monk to bring it to see the world. The main character, Jia Baoyu, is the adolescent heir of the family, apparently the reincarnation of the Stone (the most reliable Jiaxu manuscript however has the Stone and Jia Baoyu as two separate, though related, entities). In that previous life he had a relationship with a flower, who is incarnated now as Baoyu's sickly cousin, the emotional Lin Daiyu. However, he is predestined in this life, despite his love for Daiyu, to marry another cousin, Xue Baochai. The novel follows this love triangle against the backdrop of the family's declining fortunes. The novel is remarkable not only in its huge cast of characters over 400 in all, most of whom are female and its psychological scope, but also in its precise and detailed observations of the life and social structures of 18th-century China.The novel, written in Vernacular Chinese and not Classical Chinese, is one of works which establishes the legitimacy of the vernacular idiom. Its author is well versed in Classical Chinese with tracts written in erudite semi-wenyan and Chinese poetry. The novel's conversations are written in a vivid Beijing Mandarin dialect which was to become the basis of modern spoken Chinese, with influences from Nanjing Mandarin (where Cao's family lived in the early 1700s). The novel contains nearly 30 characters which could be considered major, and hundreds of minor ones. Cao centers the novel on Jia Baoyu, the male protagonist, and the female relations around him, at one point intending to call the book The Twelfth Beauties of Jinling. "Also known as Hong Lou Meng, this is arguably China's greatest literary.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Third Edition. Third edition. Very good in good jacket. Owner bookplate on front endpaper, jacket edges rubbed with a few small chips, last line of final poem underlined in ink, a few tiny marginal ink marks. 1964 Hard Cover. 33 pp. 8vo. A volume of poetry by a soldier in the War of Resistance Against Japan and an instructor in the People's Liberation Army. …

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (Chinese Fiction, History, Criticism) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Illustrated Throughout (illustratore). …

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good +. Second Printing. Binding soft cover with french flaps. Former owner's name and embossed library stamp on ffep. Tao Yuan-ching (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover in excellent, unmarked condition (slightest handling, slight age-yellowing of the pages). The dust jacket is VG with slight handling, slight wear, slight spine fading, one tiny edge tear, and is protected by a new, clear, removeable cover. 461 pages. Chinese Historian from the First Century B. C. [1.4 lbs]. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A very good copy of the stated first hard cover printing, lacking a dust-jacket. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding still quite bright and fresh in appearance, with a bit of rubbing to the boards and the spine. A lovely copy.…

Cloth Spine w/paper Boards. Condizione: Very Good. Very Good (in mylar). Third Edition/2nd Printing. Red cloth bookmarker sewn into headband, light fraying to bottom. Textblock is clean and tight. Yellow top page edges. White cloth spine, illustrated paper boards, minimal shelf wear. Unclipped dust jacket, some edge and spine wear, slight shelf soiling to top edge of front cover, mylar sleeved. 255pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Plates (illustratore). Hardcover.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 3rd Edition. VG / VG. 1st Printing of the FLP stated 1972 3rd Edition, translated byHsien-yi Yang and Gladys Yang; accompanying bookmark containing eulogy by Mao is laid in. Book is straight, square, securely bound (despite split to bottom 1/2" of front pastedown), loghtly and uniformly age toned and free of other blemishes and markings; dyed top edge presents boldly; viscose-like ribbon shows some fraying at the ends; quarter cloth Cover shows very mild age toning and is overall clean and bright, with bumping to corners, joints, headcap and tail, straight, spine, hinges and edges, boldly legible lettering and crisply distinct design and illustration; Dust Jacket show age fading / toning, curling along the edges and mild chipping and bumping to corners, joints, heads and tail - none which impair legibility of lettering or clarity of illustration. (Please see Seller images). No ISBN. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. PLEASE CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING for additional information, details or photos.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good Plus. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good Plus. 2nd Edition. VG+ / G+. 1964 2nd Edition, updated from the 1959 original. Book is straight, square, securely bound, mildly and uniformly age toned and except for embossed stamp on free area of TP, clean of markings and blemishes. Cover is clean and bright, with bumping to the corners, sharp joints, gently bumped and rubbed headcap and tail, straight spine, hinges and edges, boldly legible calligraphy and lettering, and crisply distinct design and artwork. Dust Jacket is unclipped, age toned, fragile and shows handling, with chipping to corners, head, tail, and edges of flaps, with tape-repaired tears and tears involving loss. (Please see Seller images). Pre-ISBN. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING if any questions or for more information, details or photos.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A good+ copy of the presumed first hard cover edition (no explicit edition or printing statement), lacking a dust-jacket. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding still quite bright and fresh in appearance, though there is a 3" tear to the front board along the upper edge. A sharp copy. …

Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. The Man Who Sold a Ghost: Chinese Tales of the 3rd-6th Centuries. Book.

Condizione: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. The Dragon King's Daughter: Ten Tang Dynasty Stories. Book.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A tan to the pages.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Hong Kong, 1974; tan cloth covered boards; mild spine edge wear; jacket with corner and spine edge wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; paste-downs wrinkled; red ink stamp om title page; Interior is clean and unmarked; 162 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 3rd Edition. Black cloth HC with gilt stamping; 607pp. Contents clean and textually unmarked. No highlighting; no library stamps. Owner's small bookplate affixed inside front cover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Includes dust jacket. dj in mylar sleeve.

237pp. Occasional plates in black & white. Foreword by Wang Chi-ssu. Translated by Yang Hsien-yi & Gladys Yang. Light cover wear, text clean/tight: VG+/no dj.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: None as Issued. 3rd Edition of 1972. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/Fine. PO name strike-out to fEP. Anthology of short stories by social activist, writer and novelist Lu Hsun (1881 -1936). Major proponent of vernacular literature, Lu Hsun is regarded as the founder of modern Chinese literature and best known for The True Stories of Ah Q. Fine copy.…