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A portrait of Five Dynasties China : from the memoirs of Wang Renyu (880-956) /

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"The anecdotal literature of late-medieval China is not unknown, but it is underused. Glen Dudbridge explores two collections of anecdotal memoirs to construct an intimate portrait of the first half of the tenth century as seen by people who lived through it. The author Wang Renyu's adult...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dudbridge, Glen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Series:Oxford Oriental monographs.
Subjects:
Wang, Renyu, > 880-956.
China > History > Five dynasties and the Ten kingdoms, 907-979 > Anecdotes.
China > Officials and employees > Biography > Anecdotes.
China > History > Tang dynasty, 618-907 > Anecdotes.
China > History > Five dynasties and the Ten kingdoms, 907-979.
Chine > Histoire > 907-979 (Les Cinq Dynasties et les Dix Royaumes)
Chine > Histoire > 907-979 (Les Cinq Dynasties et les Dix Royaumes) > Anecdotes.
Chine > Histoire > 618-907 (Dynastie des Tang) > Anecdotes.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
China
907-979
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Wang Renyu and his memoirs
  • Oral history
  • A world of signs and symbols
  • In the background of war
  • Personalities of Shu
  • The fall of Former Shu in 925
  • The Khitan
  • Music and musicians
  • The wild
  • Epilogue : the signature on the portrait.