作者太史文（Stephen F. Teiser），普林斯顿大学铃木大拙讲座教授、宗教学系终身教授。 太史文早年毕业于欧柏林学院，后就读于普林斯顿大学宗教学系，主攻东亚宗教，1986年获博士学位。太史文的博士论文题目为《中国中世纪的盂兰盆节》，这篇论文为他今后研究中国中世纪的民间信仰打下了基础，1988年，他在原博士论文的基础上修订出版了他的成名作——《中国中世纪的鬼节》（The Ghost Festival in Medieval China, Princeton University Press, 1988）。 译者侯旭东，清华大学人文学院历史系教授。 北京师范大学历史系博士，历任中国社会科学院历史研究所研究员、清华大学人文学院历史系教授。曾在美国哈佛大学、台湾“中研院”历史语言研究所做访问学人。主要研究魏晋南北朝史，兼及秦汉。先后从事东晋南朝经济...(展开全部)

Largely unstudied until now, the religious festivals that attracted Chinese people from all walks of life provide the most instructive examples of the interaction between Chinese forms of social life and the Indian tradition of Buddhism. Stephen Teiser examines one of the most important of such annual celebrations. He provides a comprehensive interpretation of the festivities o...(展开全部)

Edwin George Pulleyblank (Ted) was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in 1922, the son of W. G. E. Pulleyblank, a much respected high school teacher. He developed a strong interest in languages while still in high school and specialized in Greek and Latin Classics at the University of Alberta, where he graduated in 1942. During the Second World War he was engaged in intelligence...(展开全部)

Since the 2010s, Chinese television has seen an explosion in popularity in dramas featuring same-sex intimacies, LGBTQIA-identified celebrities, and explicitly homoerotic storylines, even as state regulations on “vulgar” and “immoral” content grow more prominent. This emerging “queer TV China” culture has generated sizable transcultural queer fan communities both online and off...(展开全部)

This book examines the connection between central-local government relations and the transition of contemporary China, the urbanization process and social development. Based on empirical investigations and theoretical research, it argues that this is the key to understanding the transition of central-local government relations from the overall fiscal rationing system in the 198...(展开全部)

Following a snow-filled winter, a young boy and his dog decide that they've had enough of all that brown and resolve to plant a garden. They dig, they plant, they play, they wait . . . and wait . . . until at last, the brown becomes a more hopeful shade of brown, a sign that spring may finally be on its way. Julie Fogliano's tender story of anticipation is brought to life by th...(展开全部)

This book explores the Central Asian element in the formation of the civilization of Mughal India, focusing on the 16th and 17th centuries. The culture of the Mughal Empire is seen to be a composite of indigenous and foreign elements, many of which originated, like the Mughal rulers themselves, in Central Asia.

苏珊·托比·埃文斯（Susan Toby Evans），宾夕法尼亚州立大学人类学教授，是中美洲研究领域的权威。《古代墨西哥与中美洲考古：一部百科全书》主编之一。 -- 李新伟，中国社科院考古研究所史前考古研究室主任，研究员，研究领域为中国史前考古、中华文明起源等。2006年主持发掘的河南灵宝西坡遗址发掘获得“全国考古十大新发现”。2015—2019年承担中国社会科学院创新工程重大课题“玛雅文明中心科潘遗址考古及中美洲文明研究”，多年在玛雅城邦科潘遗址进行发掘，是第一位踏上中美洲考古的中国考古学家。

苏珊·托比·埃文斯（Susan Toby Evans），宾夕法尼亚州立大学人类学教授，是中美洲研究领域的权威。《古代墨西哥与中美洲考古：一部百科全书》主编之一。 -- 李新伟，中国社科院考古研究所史前考古研究室主任，研究员，研究领域为中国史前考古、中华文明起源等。2006年主持发掘的河南灵宝西坡遗址发掘获得“全国考古十大新发现”。2015—2019年承担中国社会科学院创新工程重大课题“玛雅文明中心科潘遗址考古及中美洲文明研究”，多年在玛雅城邦科潘遗址进行发掘，是第一位踏上中美洲考古的中国考古学家。