| Physical description |
1 online resource (272 pages) : maps |
| Series |
Oxford Oriental monographs |
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Oxford Oriental monographs.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Regimes of Tenth-century China""; ""Maps""; ""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: Wang Renyu�s Works in Song Catalogues""; ""Appendix D: Wang Renyu and the Musical Modes"" |
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List of Works CitedIndex -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- X -- Y -- Z |
| Summary |
A portrait of daily life in 10th-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. |
| Subject |
China -- History -- Five dynasties and the Ten kingdoms, 907-979.
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History. |
| ISBN |
9780191649677 (electronic bk.) |
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0191649678 (electronic bk.) |
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9780199670680 (Cloth) |
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0199670684 (Cloth) |
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9781299280724 (MyiLibrary) |
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1299280722 (MyiLibrary) |
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