{"product_id":"great-books-of-china-9781786694522","title":"Great Books Of China","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDiscover – or rediscover – the major achievements of Chinese culture and civilization.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGreat Books of China\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers concise introductions – each of them accompanied by generous quotation (in English) from the book in question – to sixty-six works in the canon of Chinese literature. The books chosen reflect the chronological and thematic breadth of Chinese literary tradition, ranging from such classics as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Book of Songs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eConfucian Analects\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, through popular dramas and novels (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Romance of the Western Chamber\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Water Margin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), twentieth-century political and biographical works (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eQuotations from Chairman Mao\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the autobiography of the last emperor) and modern novels that are little known in the West (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMemories of South Peking\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSix Chapters from a Cadre School Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). Frances Wood presents a comprehensive, accessible and richly informative primer for the uninitiated; a box of delights that opens up an entire literary culture to the inquisitive reader.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Head Of Zeus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41081760874702,"sku":"9781786694522","price":24.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9781786694522_a.png?v=1730093968","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.live\/products\/great-books-of-china-9781786694522","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}