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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Foundations of Chinese Civilization The Yellow Emperor to the Han Dynasty by Jing Liu Foundations Of Chinese Civilization: The Yellow Emperor To The Han Dynasty (2697 Bce - 220 Ce) Who founded China? Are Chinese people religious? What is Chinese culture and how has it changed over time? The accessible and fun Understanding China Through Comics series answers those questions and more. For all ages, Foundations of Chinese Civilization covers China''s early history in comic form, introducing philosophies like Confucianism and Daoism, the story of the Silk Road, famous emperors like Han Wudi, and the process of China''s unification. Includes a handy timeline. This is volume one of the Understanding China Through Comics series. Jing Liu is a Beijing native now living in Davis, California. A successful designer and entrepreneur who helped brands tell their stories, Jing currently uses his artistry to tell the story of China. Foundations of Chinese Civilization. The Yellow Emperor to the Han Dynasty (2697 BCE - 220 CE) 3.0 • 1 Rating $9.99. $9.99. Publisher Description. Who founded China? Are Chinese people religious? What is Chinese culture and how has it changed over time? The accessible and fun Understanding China Through Comics series answers those questions and more. For all ages, Foundations of Chinese Civilization covers China's early history in comic form, introducing philosophies like Confucianism and Daoism, the story of the Silk Road, famous emperors like Han Wudi, and the process of China's unification. Includes a handy timeline. This is volume one of the Understanding China Through Comics series. Jing Liu is a Beijing native now living in Davis, California. A successful designer and entrepreneur who helped brands tell their stories, Jing currently uses his artistry to tell the story of China. 21 Chinese History Books by #Ownvoices Authors. The first time I traveled to China and marveled over the terra cotta warriors in Xian, walked The Bund and French Concession in Shanghai, and gazed down on the Forbidden City in Beijing, I finally understood how rich and complex China’s history truly is. So it’s not surprising that there are so many books about China and its history. But if you’ve ever searched for Chinese history books written in English by #OwnVoices authors, then you know those titles are more difficult to find. By now, most of us understand the value of reading and supporting #OwnVoices authors across genres and topics, but when it comes to exploring the history of a specific culture, it’s particularly important to consider the perspectives of writers with relevant personal connections and lived experiences. So, if you’re looking to dig into the events, legends, and personal stories that helped shape the history of China — whether or not you’ve been there — check out these nonfiction Chinese history books by #OwnVoices authors. Chinese History Books for Adults: Pre-20th Century. Every Step a Lotus: Shoes for Bound Feet by Dorothy Ko. Readers who perceive the ancient practice of footbinding as denigrating may reconsider their point of view after reading this book. Dorothy Ko explores the origins of, purpose for, and mechanics behind shoemaking for footbinding from the perspectives of the women who engaged in the ritual as a practical way to address social and economic expectations. Detailed images of shoes used in the practice across multiple regions of China enhance Ko’s narrative. Six Records of a Floating Life by Shen Fu, Edited and Translated by Leonard Pratt, Translated by Chiang Su-Hui. Translated from its original text written in the 1800s, this is the memoir of Shen Fu, a civil servant and art dealer. Through his observations on his marriage, his work, and his travels around China, readers get a peek at what life was like in the Ch’ing Dynasty. Chinese History Books for Adults: World War II and Pre-Cultural Revolution. The Rape Of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II by Iris Chang. When the Imperial Japanese army marched into the capital of China in 1937, more than 300,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians were raped, tortured, and murdered. Drawing on learnings from rare documents and interviews with survivors, author Iris Chang — whose grandparents narrowly escaped the attack — sheds light on the massacre from the viewpoints of the Japanese soldiers, the Chinese citizens, and westerners who created safe spaces for Chinese people. Shanghai: The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City by Stella Dong. Before Mao created the People’s Republic of China in 1949, Shanghai was a city that was larger than life. A port for foreign trade, the city not only became home to citizens from all over the world, but also for opium, underworld criminal activity, extreme wealth, and abject poverty. Author and journalist Stella Dong brings the city and some of its most colorful characters to life in a nonfiction work that reads like a novel. Chinese History Books for Adults: Cultural Revolution. Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng. During the Cultural Revolution, Nien Cheng’s life as an employee of Shell in Shanghai was interrupted when she was arrested and imprisoned by the Red Guard. Cheng, fluent in English and an anglophile, was accused of being a British spy. Cheng details her years in solitary confinement, during which time she held steadfast in her refusal to confess and rejected the terms offered by her interrogators. Although she never gave in, when she was finally released, she discovered tragic news about her daughter. Blood Red Sunset: A Memoir of the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Ma Bo, Translated by Howard Goldblatt. As an adolescent Red Guard member, author Ma Bo gained and embraced his reputation as a brutal abuser of herd owners and nomads in Inner Mongolia where he and his fellow guards were sent to spread the Cultural Revolution. But after casually criticizing the Party Leader, he was denounced by the people he thought were his friends. In this passionate and powerful memoir, which was initially banned in his native land, Bo describes his journey from idealism to betrayal to disillusionment. The Cowshed: Memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Ji Xianlin, Translated by Chenxin Jiang, and with an Introduction by Zha Jianying. Ji Xianlin, professor of Eastern languages at Peking University, watched as his campus became engulfed in the turbulence of the Cultural Revolution. After being persecuted by professors and students in his own department, his home was invaded and his possessions destroyed. In 1968, he was imprisoned on campus and forced to build a cowshed — a makeshift prison for himself and his fellow colleagues. In this memoir, Ji Xianlin recalls his harrowing experiences and spiral into disillusionment during his time as a prisoner who was labeled as a class enemy. Six Chapters From My Life “Downunder” by Yang Jiang, Translated by Howard Goldblatt, and with a Preface by Jonathan Spence. Like many scholars who’d studied abroad, author Yang Jiang and her husband were sent to a barren countryside during the Cultural Revolution to be forcibly reeducated through labor. She and her husband were split up and she was tasked with digging wells, standing watch over vegetable gardens, and other mundane tasks. Through subtle allegories, observations of irony, and wry reflections on daily life at her “school,” Jiang delivers a powerful indictment of Mao’s totalitarian rule and its effects on her family and others like her. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang. In Wild Swans, the lives of three generations of women — all of them profoundly affected by Mao’s totalitarian rule — unfold in 20th century China. Jung Chang, the author, who was briefly a teenage member of the Red Guard, describes her experiences alongside those of her grandmother, who was concubine to a police chief, and her mother, who was a high Communist official for Mao. Each woman finds her own strength in the face of extreme violence and heartbreak during one of China’s most turbulent eras. Chinese History Books for Adults: Post-Cultural Revolution. The People’s Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited by Louisa Lim. Journalist Louisa Lim weaves together the stories of eight people whose lives have been permanently impacted by the tragic events of Tiananmen, including a student who was protesting, a soldier who engaged in suppression, and a government official who was involved in ordering tanks into the square. Lim is determined to help prevent the erasure of the lasting effects and emotional wounds left on Chinese society by the events of June 4, 1989. The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran. In the late 1980s, author Xinran was a journalist in Beijing and host of a call-in radio show. It became so popular that her mailbox and answering machine were soon overflowing with candid stories and questions from women all over the country who finally felt free to share their thoughts on sexuality, abuse, suicide, and more. Although she was able to air some of the letters on the air, many of the stories were censored by government officials. After the author moved to London in 1997, she published this book and included some of the censored stories in an effort to shed a clear light on the experiences of women in China in the wake of the Cultural Revolution. Out of Mao’s Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China by Philip P. Pan. As an award-winning journalist for The Washington Post, Phillip P. Pan used his fluent Chinese to slip past police and go where few Western journalists have ever gone before. He immersed himself in the lives and work of ordinary people who were reckoning with the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution.