A portrait of daily life in tenth-century China during the turbulent period of transition following the disintegration of the Tang dynasty, using the anecdotal memoirs of the scholar Wang Renyu and providing extensive translations of these hitherto unreconstructed texts.
A portrait of daily life in tenth-century China during the turbulent period of transition following the disintegration of the Tang dynasty, using the anecdotal memoirs of the scholar Wang Renyu and providing extensive translations of these hitherto unreconstructed texts.
Raised and schooled in Bristol, followed by National Service in the RAF, Glen Dudbridge began his study of Chinese at Cambridge University, where he graduated as BA in 1962 and as PhD in 1967. He was Lecturer in Modern Chinese at Oxford University from 1965 to 1985; Professor of Chinese at Cambridge from 1985 to 1989; and finally Shaw Professor of Chinese at Oxford until retirement in 2005. He has held visiting posts in USA, at Yale and UC Berkeley, and at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He became Fellow of the British Academy in 1984, and Honorary Academy Member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1996.
Inhaltsangabe
1: Wang Renyu and his memoirs 2: Oral history 3: A world of signs and symbols 4: In the background of war 5: Personalities of Shu 6: The fall of Former Shu in 925 7: The Khitan 8: Music and musicians 9: The wild Epilogue: The signature on the portrait Appendix A: Li Fang's Spirit Road epitaph for Wang Renyu Appendix B: The memoirs Appendix C: Catalogues Appendix D: Wang Renyu and the musical modes
1: Wang Renyu and his memoirs 2: Oral history 3: A world of signs and symbols 4: In the background of war 5: Personalities of Shu 6: The fall of Former Shu in 925 7: The Khitan 8: Music and musicians 9: The wild Epilogue: The signature on the portrait Appendix A: Li Fang's Spirit Road epitaph for Wang Renyu Appendix B: The memoirs Appendix C: Catalogues Appendix D: Wang Renyu and the musical modes
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