Victor H. Mair is professor of Chinese languages and literature in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Among his many publications are
Tun-huang Popular Narratives; Painting and Performance: Chinese Picture Recitation and Its Indian Genesis; T”ang Transformation Texts: A Study of the Buddhist Contribution to the Rise of Vernacular Fiction and Drama in China; Tao Te Ching: The Classic Book of Integrity and the Way; and (with J. P. Mallory)
The Tarim Mummies.
7 Ebooks por Victor Mair
Victor Mair: The Shorter Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature
With its fresh translations by newer voices in the field, its broad scope, and its flowing style, this anthology places the immense riches of Chinese literature within easy reach. Ranging from the be …
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Sun Zi: The Art of War
Compiled during the Warring States period of 475-221 B.C.E., The Art of War has had an enormous impact on the development of Chinese military strategy over the past two thousand years and occupies an …
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Victor Mair & Mark Bender: The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature
In The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature, two of the world’s leading sinologists, Victor H. Mair and Mark Bender, capture the breadth of China’s oral-based literary heritage. …
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Victor Mair: The Columbia History of Chinese Literature
The Columbia History of Chinese Literature is a comprehensive yet portable guide to China’s vast literary traditions. Stretching from earliest times to the present, the text features original contrib …
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Erling Hoh & Victor H. Mair: True History of Tea
This is the remarkable story of tea and its uses from ancient times to the present. The narrative takes the reader from the jungles of Southeast Asia to the splendour of the Tang and Song Dynasties i …
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Sanping Chen & Victor H. Mair: Chinese Lives
This fully illustrated book tells the story of China through 96 short biographies. Expert authors have drawn on a huge range of sources to assemble information about the widest possible range of indi …
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Tansen Sen & Tansen Sen and Victor H. Mair: Traditional China in Asian and World History
Victor Mair and Tansen Sen have provided an account of China’s engagement with the Eurasian world around it that is succinct, accessible, and masterful. They demonstrate how—from their Neolithic orig …
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