China's Courts and Concubines

China's Courts and Concubines
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 9780429874383
ISBN-13 : 0429874383
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Book Synopsis China's Courts and Concubines by : Bernard Llewellyn

Download or read book China's Courts and Concubines written by Bernard Llewellyn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1956, contains the stuff of other people’s memories. Thus you will read of magicians and immortals; of dragons and pills of eternal life; of generals and eunuchs; of emperors and poets; of palaces and concubines. The author has made nothing up; if there are liars along the route, they were there before he came along. The study of stories and ballads from deep in a country’s past can tell a reader much about the present-day culture of a society; this is surely true with these tales from China’s history.


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