{"product_id":"mountain-of-fame-9780691155876","title":"Mountain of Fame","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough biographies of China's most colorful and famous personalities, this book displays the five-thousand-year sweep of Chinese history from the legendary sage emperors to the tragedy of Tiananmen Square. It is written for the general public curious about China and for the student beginning to study its rich cultural heritage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] spirited and highly intelligent book... A splendid reflection on the nature of the Chinese relationship to history, culture, and morality... What gives Wills's [book] its originality and its effectiveness is the artful span of examples he has chosen, examples that not only range across time ... but are also chosen to illuminate major themes and continuities within the Chinese universe... There is high drama, cruelty, and excess in many of these stories... And there is also wit and charm mixed with the telling of great events.\"--Jonathan Spence, The New York Times Book Review \"[T]his remarkable book ... spans the 3,000 recorded years of Chinese history... We experience the wrenching difficulties faced by ... each emperor, philosopher, poet, historian, monk, military general, and revolutionary whose life story is told here with such skill and compassion... students of history will find themselves clinging to the edge of their seats, as if the outcome were still to be determined.\"--Wilson Library Bulletin \"A tapestry displaying a vast array of noble dreams and failures, of initial utterances and long-distance echoes, of recurrent patterns and abrupt innovations intended to intrigue and inform educated readers looking for a way into three thousand years of Chinese history.\"--Jerry Dennerline, The Journal of Asian Studies \"This book ... chronicles 5,000 years of Chinese history in short biographies of its most important figures... Time and again these vignettes of history reflect the moral earnestness of the Chinese and individual struggles between villainy and idealism.\"--Asia Week \"Although intended for the inspired tourist or casual reader who wants a quick introduction to Chinese history, this collection of biographies is in no way superficial. Each of the 20 chapters offers a figure typical of his\/her times and an elaboration of the contexts and backgrounds that shaped these individuals.\"--Library Journal \"Tremendous.\"--Aaron Pickering, Education About Asia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations IX  Preface XI  Acknowledgments XV  Note on Romanization XVll  A Summary Time Line xix  1. Yu 3  2. Confucius (Kongzt) II  3* The First Emperor of Qin (Qin Shihuang) 33  4* Sima Qian 51  5* WangMang 72  6. Ban Zhao 90  7. Zhuge Liang 100  8. Hui Neng, the Sixth Patriarch 114  9* Empress Wu 127  10. Su Dongpo 149  11. Yue Fei 168  12. Qiu Chuji, the Daoist 181  13. Wang Yangming 201  14. Zheng Chenggong (Coxinga) 216  15. The Qianlong Emperor 231  16. Hong Xiuquan, the Heavenly King 259  17. Liang Qichao 274  18. The Kuomintang Legacy 301  19. Mao Zedong 335  20. Names in the News 360  Afterword to the 2012 Edition 381  Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading 387  Index 397","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403793998167,"sku":"9780691155876","price":25.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691155876.jpg?v=1730484562","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mountain-of-fame-9780691155876","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}