<p>Selected Sources </p><p>Chapter 6</p><p>Items indicated with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.</p><p>Arthaud, J., and B. Groslier. Angkor. 1957. A richly illustrated book on Angkor, with good text.</p><p>Baumer, Christopher. Traces in the Desert. Journeys of Discovery Across Central Asia. </p><p>2008. A thrilling tale of travels across Mongolia, China, Iran and Turkey retracing the ancient </p><p>Silk Road. Many maps and photos.</p><p>*Brazell, Karen, tr. The Confessions of Lady Nijo. 1973. This memoir of a Japanese court lady, long lost and rediscovered in 1940, recreates aristocratic life of the fourteenth century.</p><p>“Buddha in the Land of Kami.” Films for the Humanities. Video on interactions between </p><p>Buddhism and Shintoism in Japan between the seventh and twelfth centuries.</p><p>Carter, T. F. The Invention of Printing in China and Its Spread Westward. Rev. ed. 1955. </p><p>Chronicle of an event of vast world importance. </p><p>*Chang, K. C. Food in Chinese Culture: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives. 1977. </p><p>Fascinating and entertaining account of Chinese food and eating habits from antiquity to the present.</p><p>*Ch’en, Kenneth. Buddhism in China: A Historical Survey. 1964. A comprehensive and readable survey of the evolution of Buddhism in China to the twentieth century. </p><p>China Central TV and Central Park Media. The Silk Road. 1982. A series of twelve films, each devoted to a portion of the ancient Silk Road.</p><p>*Coedes, G. Indianized States of Southeast Asia. Ed. Walter F. Vella. Trans. Sue Brown </p><p>Cowing. 1968. Deals with the multifaceted influences of India on the region through 1,500 years. </p><p> de Bary, W.T. ed. Sources of Korean Tradition. 1997. Good selection of documents with explanations (web)</p><p>Deuchler, Martina. The Confucian Transformation of Korea. 1992. On Korea between the tenth and fourteenth centuries. </p><p>Devahuti, D. Harsha: A Political Study. 1970. A detailed study of India in the sixth and seventh centuries and of Harsha’s accomplishments.</p><p>Ebrey, Patricia B., and Peter N. Buckley, eds. Religion and Society in T’ang and Sung China.</p><p>1993. A useful collection of articles by nine experts in this period of Chinese history.</p><p>Fitzgerald, Charles P. Barbarian Bed: The Origin of the Chair in China. 1965. Interesting book on cultural borrowing.</p><p>Gernet, Jacques. Daily Life in China on the Eve of the Mongol Invasions, 1250-1276. Trans. </p><p>H. M. Wright. 1962. A good book on an often overlooked subject. </p><p>Hansen, Valerie. Changing Gods in Medieval China, 1127-1276. 1990. Interesting look at religion, especially folk religion.</p><p>Jaschid, Sechin, and Van Jay Symond. Peace, War, and Trade along the Great Wall: </p><p>Nomadic-Chinese Interaction through Two Millennia. 1989. Pathbreaking study of interactions between China and Inner Asia. </p><p>Lane-Poole, Stanley. Medieval India under Mohammedan Rule (A.D. 712-1764). Reprinted </p><p>1979. A comprehensive account of Muslim conquerors and rulers. </p><p>Lo, Kuan-chung, or Shih Nai-an. All Men Are Brothers. Trans. Pearl S. Buck. 1933. A popular</p><p>Chinese novel about a band of Robin Hood-like men and women during the Sung dynasty who took the law into their own hands for just causes. Puri, B. N. India under the Kushanas. 1965. A good survey of the Kushan era.</p><p>Reischauer, Edwin O. Ennin’s Travels in Tang China. 1955. T’ang China as observed by a </p><p>Japanese Buddhist monk.</p><p>*Samson, George. A History of Japan to 1334. 1954. First of a three-volume work on Japan by a recognized authority. </p><p>Sato, Hiroaki, trans. and ed. Legends of the Samurai. 1995. This book deals with the Japanese military elite from earliest times to the eighteenth century. </p><p>*Schafer, Edward H. The Vermilion Bird: T’ang Images of the South. 1967. An interesting account of southern China and Southeast Asia. </p><p>* Schafer, Edward H. The Golden Peaches of Samarkand: A Study of T’ang Exotics. 1983. An interesting book about the unusual things most history books leave out. </p><p>Sinor, Denis, ed. The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia. 1990. This work by a number of specialists has several chapters on China’s nomadic neighbors. </p><p>Steinhardt, Nancy C. Chinese Imperial City Planning. 1990. A comprehensive survey through the ages.</p><p>Stierlin, Henri. The Cultural History of Angkor. 1979. Profusely illustrated, this short but interesting text deals not only with the Khmer culture, but also those of Burma, Thailand, and </p><p>Champa. </p><p>Swann, Peter. Art of China, Korea, and Japan. 1963. A good, short, and well-illustrated book that integrates history and art. </p><p>*Tinker, Hugh. Southeast Asia: A Short History. 2d ed. 1990. Good, short introduction. </p><p>Twitchett, Denis, and John K. Fairbank, eds. The Cambridge History of China. Vol. 3: Sui and T’ang China, 589–906. Part 1. 1979. Many experts contributed to this authoritative volume. Waley, Arthur. The Poetry and Career of Li Po. 1958. Waley brings to life a wonderfully eccentric man and his great work. </p><p>*Wriggins, Sally H. Xuanzhang, A Buddhist Pilgrim on the Silk Road. 1996. An engaging account of the travels of China’s most famous pilgrim to India and back. </p><p>Wright, Arthur F. The Sui Dynasty: The Unification of China, A.D. 581-617. 1978. Excellent portraits of two men who ruled China around 600 C.E.</p><p>*Wu, Cheng-en. Monkey. Trans. Arthur Waley. 1943. A sixteenth-century novel of how a supernatural monkey and other beasts helped Hsuan-tsang get Buddhist scriptures from India. </p><p>Chinese children love it as fairy tale and adults as satire.</p><p>Suggested websites: http://www.webindia </p><p>123.com/history/MEDIEVAL/delhisultanate/slave_dynasty.htm Indian history, especially Muslim conquests prior to the Moghul dynasty</p><p> http://www.archaeollink.com/ancient%20%southeast20%asian%20civilizations.htm </p><p>Archaeological ruins of early Vietnam, Cambodia,, Thailand and Korea.</p><p> http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/classical_imperial_china/tang.html </p><p>On culture, rulers and society of T’ang China.</p><p> www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine9.html </p><p>Devoted to lives and times of Lady Murasaki.</p>