Both Western and Chinese intellectuals have long derided filial piety tales as an absurd and grotesque variety of children's literature. "Selfless Offspring" offers a fresh perspective on the genre, revealing the rich historical worth of these stories by examining them in their original context: the tumultuous and politically fragmented early medieval era (A.D. 100-600). At a t...(展开全部)

Both Western and Chinese intellectuals have long derided filial piety tales as an absurd and grotesque variety of children's literature. "Selfless Offspring" offers a fresh perspective on the genre, revealing the rich historical worth of these stories by examining them in their original context: the tumultuous and politically fragmented early medieval era (A.D. 100-600). At a t...(展开全部)

The book is available from Amazon in Kindle, Hardcover, and Paperback. For further information, please visit the Polity Press website at http://www.politybooks.com/book.asp?ref=0745680542#toc Book Description: Chinese childhood is undergoing a major transformation. Children in China explores how government policies introduced in China over the last few decades and processes of ...(展开全部)

The book is available from Amazon in Kindle, Hardcover, and Paperback. For further information, please visit the Polity Press website at http://www.politybooks.com/book.asp?ref=0745680542#toc Book Description: Chinese childhood is undergoing a major transformation. Children in China explores how government policies introduced in China over the last few decades and processes of ...(展开全部)

By the middle of the third century B.C.E. in China there were individuals who sought to become transcendents (xian)--deathless, godlike beings endowed with supernormal powers. This quest for transcendence became a major form of religious expression and helped lay the foundation on which the first Daoist religion was built. Both xian and those who aspired to this exalted status ...(展开全部)

By the middle of the third century B.C.E. in China there were individuals who sought to become transcendents (xian)--deathless, godlike beings endowed with supernormal powers. This quest for transcendence became a major form of religious expression and helped lay the foundation on which the first Daoist religion was built. Both xian and those who aspired to this exalted status ...(展开全部)

This study examines law enforcement within the context of Sung society. Professor McKnight shows that the group of criminals who were the core of the habitual criminal group in Sung China were young unattached males with few lifeskills. What became of the criminal after capture and conviction is also an important aspect of this study, which addresses basic questions in Chinese ...(展开全部)

马伯良：美国汉学家，亚利桑那大学东亚系教授，主要从事宋史与中国法制史研究，著作有《中国南宋乡村职役》，《宋代的法律与秩序》，已翻译为中文版的论文有：宋代竞渡骚乱罪——从《明公书判清明集》看法律案件的解读等。

Children in the Middle Ages had far less time for the pleasures we associate with childhood. Marriages came earlier, and death from war, plague, and other perils was always at hand. Orme begins by exploring the definition of childhood and, managing that elegantly, proceeds to a surprisingly moving examination of the daily lives of medieval children from diverse classes and back...(展开全部)