tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post2589444366873664963..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: Making Sense of Chinese History: A Reading ListT. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-39509406366244862652020-10-27T11:46:50.187-07:002020-10-27T11:46:50.187-07:00Thanks for the great article. Small typo: Alder sh...Thanks for the great article. Small typo: Alder should be Adler in "I invoked Mortimer Alder's description of the Western canon". You get it right in the next paragraph. fchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169455009852291085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-21431457963768718762020-08-07T19:46:44.320-07:002020-08-07T19:46:44.320-07:00Great List. Mote's 'Imperial China' is...Great List. Mote's 'Imperial China' is really a very good book, assuming you are willing to read thousand pages of medieval/early modern history. Jonathan Spence 'The Search for Modern China' is a good introduction to more modern Chinese History (it starts with the Late Ming and goes to about 1990). 'A History of Chinese Civilization' by Jacques Gernet is somewhat Michael Steinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15016219796017205552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-78088421198526938492020-06-27T05:45:11.417-07:002020-06-27T05:45:11.417-07:00You have done a great job. This is a great list, s...You have done a great job. This is a great list, so that after reading these books to get the source from any period of imperial or modern China and have a good idea of what is discussed in it. Thanks for sharing!Andre Surkishttp://www.confiduss.com/en/jurisdictions/china/culture/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-71932643586247183602019-07-06T03:49:48.101-07:002019-07-06T03:49:48.101-07:00The author of _Mountain of Fame_ is Wills, not Wil...The author of _Mountain of Fame_ is Wills, not Willis. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-43361413898091696872019-06-30T16:36:29.152-07:002019-06-30T16:36:29.152-07:00Can you recommend any links to accurate lists of w...Can you recommend any links to accurate lists of what people regard as stereotypes of each province, so I can thereby follow your advice and impress Beijing taxi drivers?Kevinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-82568549207823895762018-12-28T19:37:19.485-08:002018-12-28T19:37:19.485-08:00Iskander--Start with The Wars for Asia referenced ...Iskander--Start with <i>The Wars for Asia</i> referenced in the comment above. Follow its footnotes for more.<br /><br />@Louis-- <br /><br />Slingerland for Confucius. The Ames translation is a good, though difficult, compliment.<br /><br />Van Norden for Mencius.<br /><br />DDJ demands to be read in several translations at once. The Moller translation is good, so is the Lau and Ames.<br /><br /T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-77832565460667024902018-12-27T00:28:09.988-08:002018-12-27T00:28:09.988-08:00The Wars for Asia, 1911-1949
https://www.amazon....The Wars for Asia, 1911-1949 <br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Wars-Asia-1911-1949-S-Paine/dp/1107697476/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1545899176&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Wars+for+Asia+1911%E2%80%931949Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-26039295662073995742018-12-25T05:52:09.327-08:002018-12-25T05:52:09.327-08:00Really interesting list. What books would you reco...Really interesting list. What books would you recommend that focus on China between the fall of the Qing and the victory of the communists? Warlord era etc.Iskanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00395839080517529476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-24496462523873404962018-12-24T22:00:40.051-08:002018-12-24T22:00:40.051-08:00The Ageless Chinese: A History
by Li Dun J.
https...The Ageless Chinese: A History<br />by Li Dun J.<br /><br />https://archive.org/search.php?query=THE%20AGELESS%20CHINESE%3A<br /><br />http://www.carrollquigley.net/book-reviews/Occident_Orient_Retrospect.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-14531668744985381242018-12-24T05:31:21.296-08:002018-12-24T05:31:21.296-08:00Hi, thx for this really great post. I was wonderin...Hi, thx for this really great post. I was wondering if there are translation of classical chinese philosophy texts that you would recommend or that one should avoid at all costs.<br /><br />Thank you again.<br />LouisLouishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11311441759810696819noreply@blogger.com