The Forbidden City (Zijin Cheng) lying at the heart of Beijing formed the hub of the Celestial Empire for five centuries. Over the past century it has led a reduced life as the refuge for a deposed emperor, as well as a heritage museum for monarchist, republican, and socialist citizens, and it has been celebrated and excoriated as a symbol of all that was magnificent and terrib...(展开全部)

庄士敦，1874年生于苏格兰首府爱丁堡，原名雷金纳德·弗莱明·约翰斯顿。1898年，作为一名东方见习生被派往香港。从此，庄士敦以学者兼官员的身份在华工作生活了三十四年。1919年2月，赴京，开始了“帝师”生涯。庄士敦是中国几千年帝王史上第一位也是最后一位具有“帝师”头衔的外国人。 庄士敦是一个汉学功力深厚、具有学者素养的人，他广猎经史子集，喜欢中国古典诗词与饮茶之道。撰写了大量有关中国问题的论著，如《佛教徒在中国》、《威海卫狮龙共存》、《儒教与近代中国》等。但令其声名大振的即是1934年出版的这本《紫禁城的黄昏》。 庄士敦不仅对溥仪竭诚尽忠，也为古老的皇宫带来了新的气息，深受溥仪崇敬。但在大量中国文献中，都不约而同将他写成西方文化的代表，是文化侵略的急先锋，甚至说庄士敦教英文是假，实际上是小朝廷与英国使馆的联络人，是英国特务。而在英国人的眼中，庄士敦...(展开全部)

《大紫禁城:王者的轴线(英文版)》主要内容：Though the main hall inside The Forbidden City is only a little over 30 meters high, it was once the tallest building in the ancient City of Beijing. The only hill in the capital city was mini-made especially- to act as a backdrop for the Imperial City.

《大紫禁城:王者的轴线(英文版)》主要内容：Though the main hall inside The Forbidden City is only a little over 30 meters high, it was once the tallest building in the ancient City of Beijing. The only hill in the capital city was mini-made especially- to act as a backdrop for the Imperial City.

In this highly original novel Slauerhoff (1898-1936) reprises major themes from his poetry (erotic obsession, nomadism, persecution and confused identity) within a more ambitious formal framework. The book interweaves three narratives, separated in time but linked by a common association with the 'forbidden kingdom' of China. The first of these is the brutal and bloody founding...(展开全部)

After a series of death threats, the lord of Marchenoire manor decides to receive a mysterious stranger, who murders him and then vanishes. A thorough search proves he is not on the premises, yet surveillance proves he could not have left. None of the witnesses inside or outside can explain what happened before their very eyes. Regarded as a masterpiece of French impossible cri...(展开全部)

The city is Beszel, a rundown metropolis on the eastern edge of Europe. The other city is Ul Qoma, a modern Eastern European boomtown, despite being a bit of an international pariah. What the two cities share, and what they don't, is the deliciously evocative conundrum at the heart of China Mieville's The City & The City. Mieville is well known as a modern fantasist (and urbani...(展开全部)