Military governor, architect, alchemist and poet, Gao Pian (821–87) was one of the most intriguing characters to shape events in ninth-century China. His trajectory provides a step-by-step record of the late Tang empire's military, fiscal, and administrative unravelling. Utilising exceptionally rich sources, including documents from Gao Pian's secretariat, inscriptions, narrati...(展开全部)

宇文所安，又名斯蒂芬・欧文。1946年生于美国密苏里州圣路易斯市，长于美国南方小城。1959年移居巴尔的摩。在巴尔的摩公立图书馆里沉湎于诗歌阅读，并初次接触中国诗；虽然只是中文翻译，但他迅速决定与其发生恋爱，至今犹然。1972年获耶鲁大学东亚系博士学位，随即执教耶鲁大学。二十年后应聘哈佛，任教东亚系、比较文学系，现为詹姆斯・布莱恩特・柯南德特级教授。有著作数种，论文多篇。其人也，性乐烟酒，心好诗歌。简脱不持仪形，喜俳谐。自言其父尝忧其业中国诗无以谋生，而后竟得自立，实属侥幸尔。

宇文所安，又名斯蒂芬・欧文。1946年生于美国密苏里州圣路易斯市，长于美国南方小城。1959年移居巴尔的摩。在巴尔的摩公立图书馆里沉湎于诗歌阅读，并初次接触中国诗；虽然只是中文翻译，但他迅速决定与其发生恋爱，至今犹然。1972年获耶鲁大学东亚系博士学位，随即执教耶鲁大学。二十年后应聘哈佛，任教东亚系、比较文学系，现为詹姆斯・布莱恩特・柯南德特级教授。有著作数种，论文多篇。其人也，性乐烟酒，心好诗歌。简脱不持仪形，喜俳谐。自言其父尝忧其业中国诗无以谋生，而后竟得自立，实属侥幸尔。

Eileen Chang is now recognized as one of the greatest modern Chinese writers, though she was completely erased from official histories in chinese mainland. These previously unpublished, semi-autobiographical novels depict in gripping detail her childhood years in Tianjin and Shanghai, as well as her student days in Hong Kong during World War II, and shed light on the constructi...(展开全部)

Eileen Chang is now recognized as one of the greatest modern Chinese writers, though she was completely erased from official histories in chinese mainland. These previously unpublished, semi-autobiographical novels depict in gripping detail her childhood years in Tianjin and Shanghai, as well as her student days in Hong Kong during World War II, and shed light on the constructi...(展开全部)

南森·法勒（Nathan Filer) 1980年生于英国布里斯托尔，曾在一家精神病院工作多年，现为作家、自由撰稿人、表演诗人及大学讲师。 他为《纽约时报》《卫报》《每日邮报》等报刊撰稿，并时常做客英国BBC广播电台的读书节目。他的单人诗朗诵是一些英国文艺活动的固定表演 节目，包括纬度音乐节、艾略特港口音乐节、切尔登汉姆文学节等。而他也曾凭借戏剧短片《俄狄浦斯王》收获英国BBC最佳电影新人奖殊荣。 2013年他的长篇小说《坠落之愕》在英国甫一出版即引起轰动，摘得多项文学大奖，并成功跻身超级畅销书之列，同时将与二十余国的读者见面。

Yet that might and that greatness were reduced to a mere show before his long reign terminated; and the Moghul Empire resembled -- to use a familiar image -- one of those Etruscan corpses which, though crowned and armed, are destined to crumble at the breath of heaven or at the touch of human hands. And still more did it resemble some splendid palace.

Yet that might and that greatness were reduced to a mere show before his long reign terminated; and the Moghul Empire resembled -- to use a familiar image -- one of those Etruscan corpses which, though crowned and armed, are destined to crumble at the breath of heaven or at the touch of human hands. And still more did it resemble some splendid palace.

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

"In this important work, Anne de Coursey Clapp has drawn a clear picture of T'ang Yin's life, patronage relationships, and contribution to the history of Chinese painting. In the person of T'ang Yin, she has chosen an ideal focus around which to examine some of the misleading stereotypes which have distorted our understanding of Chinese painting since the seventeenth century. M...(展开全部)