A commoner's presentation to the emperor of a lucky omen from his garden, the repercussions for his family, and several retellings of the incident provide the b

"""Shrines to Living Men in the Ming Political Cosmos"", the first book focusing on premortem shrines in any era of Chinese history, places the institution at t

A UNESCO collection of 17th century Chinese short stories.

China is one of the oldest states in the world. It achieved its approximate current borders with the Ascendancy of the Yuan dynasty in the 13th century, and des

"The expressive male narrator charms the listener by impersonating the characters...Short segments of music and brief sound effects add interest...useful for al