Pei-Yi Wu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3832152 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pei-Yi Wu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pei-Yi |
| FAMILY NAME | Wu |
| SIGNATURE | WU P |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Chinese Views of Childhood
Chinese in the twentieth century, intent on modernizing their country, condemned their inherited culture in part on the grounds that it was oppressive to the young. The authors of this pioneering volume provide us with the evidence to re-examine those charges. Drawing on sources ranging from art to medical treatises, fiction, and funerary writings, they separate out the many complexities in the Chinese cultural construction of childhood and the w…
Yang Miaozhen
Hidden just below the surface in the Songshi is the story of a woman who contradicts every stereotypical view of her gender. Yang Miaozhen was a warrior, peerless both in single combat and in strategic planning. Before she was twenty, she commanded an armed band of ten thousand. She met her future husband when he and his soldiers flocked to her banner. The apparently uxorilocal marriage lasted as a partnership of equality. The couple went on to c…
Memories of K'ai-feng
K 'AI-FENG, THE CAPITAL of the Northern Sung, was probably the greatest city in the world just before the Jurchen warriors captured it in 1127. With a population of one million, it was rivaled only by Constantinople, which had already passed its prime. The two great cities had much in common. Each was the capital of an extensive empire, the seat of the most advanced civilization in its own sphere. Art and higher education flourished in both capit…
The Confucian's Progress
The Confucian's progress
Li Zhi, philosophe maudit (1527-1602)
Self-Examination and Confession of Sins in Traditional China
Memories of K'ai-feng
K 'AI-FENG, THE CAPITAL of the Northern Sung, was probably the greatest city in the world just before the Jurchen warriors captured it in 1127. With a population of one million, it was rivaled only by Constantinople, which had already passed its prime. The two great cities had much in common. Each was the capital of an extensive empire, the seat of the most advanced civilization in its own sphere. Art and higher education flourished in both capit…
Self-Examination and Confession of Sins in Traditional China
Self-Examination and Confession of Sins in Traditional China
Li Zhi, philosophe maudit (1527-1602)
The Confucian's progress
The Confucian's Progress
Memories of K'ai-feng
K 'AI-FENG, THE CAPITAL of the Northern Sung, was probably the greatest city in the world just before the Jurchen warriors captured it in 1127. With a population of one million, it was rivaled only by Constantinople, which had already passed its prime. The two great cities had much in common. Each was the capital of an extensive empire, the seat of the most advanced civilization in its own sphere. Art and higher education flourished in both capit…
Yang Miaozhen
Hidden just below the surface in the Songshi is the story of a woman who contradicts every stereotypical view of her gender. Yang Miaozhen was a warrior, peerless both in single combat and in strategic planning. Before she was twenty, she commanded an armed band of ten thousand. She met her future husband when he and his soldiers flocked to her banner. The apparently uxorilocal marriage lasted as a partnership of equality. The couple went on to c…
Chinese Views of Childhood
Chinese in the twentieth century, intent on modernizing their country, condemned their inherited culture in part on the grounds that it was oppressive to the young. The authors of this pioneering volume provide us with the evidence to re-examine those charges. Drawing on sources ranging from art to medical treatises, fiction, and funerary writings, they separate out the many complexities in the Chinese cultural construction of childhood and the w…
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