Published by Hermits United, London, 2023
ISBN 10: 1739115635 ISBN 13: 9781739115630
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Variously considered a Taoist and a cynic, Han Fei, himself a prince, has been seen as a forerunner to Machiavelli. At the end of the Warring States, when oratory mattered hugely, Han Fei, with a stutter, was the brain and the plume of the Legalist School.From Han Fei's oeuvre, Mingyuan Hu selects and translates two extracts encapsulating the thinking that so impressed Zheng, King of Qin, who later became the first emperor of China, and in whose prison Han Fei died drinking poison.This book is part of the Erstwhile Series. Variously considered a Taoist and a cynic, Han Fei has been seen as a forerunner to Machiavelli. At the end of the Warring States, he was the brain and the plume of the Legalist School. From Han Fei's oeuvre, Mingyuan Hu selects and translates two extraits encapsulating his thinking. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Hermits United, London, 2023
ISBN 10: 1739115627 ISBN 13: 9781739115623
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A radical thinker, Xunzi disagreed with Mencius on human nature. For him men are naturally evil. From this inverse assumption, he yet reached the same Mencian conclusion: moral education is paramount for society to function, and the ruler should be meritorious, protecting the people. This makes Xunzi a Confucianist, though Han Fei and Li Si, his students, were to subvert Confucian principles.From Xunzi, Mingyuan Hu selects and translates three treatises, illustrating his argument.This book is part of the Erstwhile Series. A radical thinker, Xunzi disagreed with Mencius on human nature. For him men are naturally evil. From this inverse assumption, he yet reached the same Mencian conclusion: moral education is paramount for society to function, and the ruler should be meritorious, protecting the people. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Hermits United, London, 2023
ISBN 10: 1999883381 ISBN 13: 9781999883386
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'I had seen so many men celebrated and then disgraced, and so many men disgraced and then rehabilitated, that for a long time I kept the hope of someday being held worthy of the history of our country. The wheel had turned, and would turn. Undoubtedly, I would not be there to witness it. I recited to myself the words that men condemned to die defiantly utter on the scaffold: "In twenty years, I shall be a handsome young man again, one of the brave."'In this enigmatic novella, one hears of the life of a litterateur before, during, and after the Great Revolution.The Peking Opera Reform was awarded Prix Decembre in 2013.This work is translated from the French, La reforme de l'opera de Pekin (Payot & Rivages, Paris, 2013). In this enigmatic novella, one hears of the life of a litterateur before, during and after the Great Revolution.The Reform of Peking Opera was awarded the Prix Decembre in 2013. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Hermits United, London, 2023
ISBN 10: 1739389719 ISBN 13: 9781739389710
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Writers talk about literature on the Singapore River. Distinct and displaced pasts meet. Individual encounters with a revolutionary ballet carry a generation's lost youth and unspoken tragedy.Laureate of innumerable literary prizes, Jiang Yun leaves no reader indifferent.Annelise Finegan teaches at the NYU. Her translations have been nominated for the International Booker Prize and won the Best Translated Book Award. Mingyuan Hu is an historian; she translates French, English and Chinese literatures. Writers talk about literature on the Singapore River. Distinct and displaced pasts meet. Individual encounters with a revolutionary ballet carry a generation's lost youth and unspoken tragedy. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Hermits United, London, 2023
ISBN 10: 199988339X ISBN 13: 9781999883393
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In this enigmatic novella, one hears of the life of a litterateur before, during and after the Great Revolution.The Reform of Peking Opera was awarded the Prix Decembre in 2013. Mael Renouard is a French writer, Prix Goncourt finalist. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Hermits United, London, 2023
ISBN 10: 1999883373 ISBN 13: 9781999883379
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In this enigmatic novella, one hears of the life of a litterateur before, during and after the Great Revolution.The Reform of Peking Opera was awarded the Prix Decembre in 2013. Mael Renouard is a French writer, Prix Goncourt finalist. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Hermits United, London, 2023
ISBN 10: 1739389743 ISBN 13: 9781739389741
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Une fine pluie tombe sur une grande ville. Une nuit. Un homme rend visite a une femme. Elle lui fait du the.Dans cette exquise nouvelle, l'une des premieres de Chi Li, aujourd'hui l'une des plus lues en Chine, nous sommes face a un mystere. Un mystere du coeur humain, ou tout se comprend sans rien reveler.Shao Baoqing enseigne a l'universite Bordeaux Montaigne. Depuis trois decennies, il traduit Chi Li et Chen Zhongshi, ainsi que Theophile Gautier. Une fine pluie tombe sur une grande ville. Une nuit. Un homme rend visite a une femme. Elle lui fait du the. Dans cette exquise nouvelle, l'une des premieres de Chi Li, aujourd'hui l'une des plus lues en Chine, nous sommes face a un mystere. Un mystere du coeur humain, ou tout se comprend sans rien reveler. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Hermits United, London, 2023
ISBN 10: 1739389700 ISBN 13: 9781739389703
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Fou Lei (1908-1966) is modern China's most renowned critic-translator. This biography is a revelation of his formative years in Europe between the Wars, and an investigation of his existential struggles between Revolutions. Other than minor corrections, this edition is identical to the Brill version (2017; 2020), discontinued since 2022. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Hermits United, London, 2023
ISBN 10: 1999883349 ISBN 13: 9781999883348
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Ce pamphlet s'emploie a refuter la these de l'inexistence de Confucius, fort en vogue chez les sinologues d'outre-Atlantique ; et a critiquer ces travaux qui ont recours aux memes arguments que les negationnistes et qui sont le contrecoup un peu derisoire de la rivalite entre les deux puissances, Chine et Amerique. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Published by Hermits United, London, 2022
ISBN 10: 1999883314 ISBN 13: 9781999883317
Seller: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The writer and painter Mu Xin (1927-2011) enjoyed considerable literary renown in the Sinophone sphere. Of his oeuvre, he was most content with his poetry. Toward Bravery, selected and translated by Mingyuan Hu, is the first collection of Mu Xin's poetry to appear in English. Published in 2017, it is reissued in 2022 in a bilingual format. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.