A discharged official in mid-Ming China faced significant changes in his life. This book explores three such officials in the sixteenth century—Wang Jiusi, Kang Hai, and Li Kaixian—who turned to literary endeavors when forced to retire. Instead of the formal writing expected of scholar-officials, however, they chose to engage in the stigmatized genre of qu (songs), a collective...(展开全部)

A discharged official in mid-Ming China faced significant changes in his life. This book explores three such officials in the sixteenth century—Wang Jiusi, Kang Hai, and Li Kaixian—who turned to literary endeavors when forced to retire. Instead of the formal writing expected of scholar-officials, however, they chose to engage in the stigmatized genre of qu (songs), a collective...(展开全部)

Popular songs in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century China form a rich and intriguing body of materials hardly studied so far in the English-speaking world. This book is about these songs and their impact on Chinese culture and literary practice. It examines the tapestry books in which popular songs circulated, how books shaped readers, how books were shaped by a range of litera...(展开全部)

黄仁宇 （1918-2000），生于湖南长沙，1936年入天津南开大学电机工程系就读。抗日战争爆发后，先在长沙《抗日战报》工作，后来进入国民党成都中央军校，1950年退伍。其后赴美攻读历史，获学士、硕士、博士学位。曾任哥伦比亚大学访问副教授及哈佛大学东亚研究所研究员。参与《明代名人传》及《剑桥中国史》的集体研究工作。

塞尔日·格鲁金斯基，现就职于法国高等社会科学研究院，同时兼任法国国家研究中心历史研究员。格鲁金斯基多年来一直从事16-18世纪的拉丁美洲研究，从上世纪90年代以来，屡有力作问世，其中《征服墨西哥》、《墨西哥高原的上帝化身》与《阿兹特克：太阳与血的民族》等著在欧美学界均引发了广泛的学术讨论。学界比较知名的专业刊物如《美国历史评论》、《英国历史评论》、《历史与理论》、《拉丁美洲研究评论》等都对他的著作进行评论。

塞尔日·格鲁金斯基，现就职于法国高等社会科学研究院，同时兼任法国国家研究中心历史研究员。格鲁金斯基多年来一直从事16-18世纪的拉丁美洲研究，从上世纪90年代以来，屡有力作问世，其中《征服墨西哥》、《墨西哥高原的上帝化身》与《阿兹特克：太阳与血的民族》等著在欧美学界均引发了广泛的学术讨论。学界比较知名的专业刊物如《美国历史评论》、《英国历史评论》、《历史与理论》、《拉丁美洲研究评论》等都对他的著作进行评论。

Li Mengyang (1473–1530) was a scholar-official and man of letters who initiated the literary archaist movement that sought to restore ancient styles of prose and poetry in sixteenth-century China. In this first book-length study of Li in English, Chang Woei Ong comprehensively examines his intellectual scheme and situates Li’s quest to redefine literati learning as a way to bui...(展开全部)

Li Mengyang (1473–1530) was a scholar-official and man of letters who initiated the literary archaist movement that sought to restore ancient styles of prose and poetry in sixteenth-century China. In this first book-length study of Li in English, Chang Woei Ong comprehensively examines his intellectual scheme and situates Li’s quest to redefine literati learning as a way to bui...(展开全部)