The most striking feature of Wutong, the preeminent God of Wealth in late imperial China, was the deity's diabolical character. Wutong was perceived not as a heroic figure or paragon of noble qualities but rather as an embodiment of humanity's basest vices, greed and lust, a maleficent demon who preyed on the weak and vulnerable. In "The Sinister Way", Richard von Glahn examine...(展开全部)

The concept of yinyang lies at the heart of Chinese thought and culture. The relationship between these two opposing, yet mutually dependent, forces is symbolized in the familiar black and white symbol that has become an icon in popular culture across the world. The real significance of yinyang is, however, more complex and subtle. This brilliant and comprehensive analysis by o...(展开全部)

This book considers the ways in which religious beliefs and practices have contributed to the formation of Chinese legal culture. It does so by describing two forms of overlap between religion and the law: the ideology of justice and the performance of judicial rituals. One of the most important conceptual underpinnings of the Chinese ideology of justice is the belief in the in...(展开全部)

China has an age-old zoomorphic tradition. The First Emperor was famously said to have had the heart of a tiger and a wolf. The names o f foreign tribes were traditionally written with characters that included animal radicals. Splendidly illustrated with works ranging from Bronze Age vessels to twentieth-century conceptual pieces, this volume is a wide-ranging look at zoomorphi...(展开全部)

The Fragile Scholar examines the pre-modern construction of Chinese masculinity from the popular image of the fragile scholar (caizi) in late imperial Chinese fiction and drama. The book is an original contribution to the study of the construction of masculinity in the Chinese context from a comparative perspective. Its central thesis is that the concept of "masculinity" in pre...(展开全部)

This work provides a new hypothesis for understanding the real nature of the term "White Lotus Teachings". The author argues that there are actually two different phenomena covered by similar terms: from c1130 until 1400 a lay Buddhist movement existed, which can be called the White Lotus movement. It enjoyed the respect of contemporary literati and religious elites. The moveme...(展开全部)

This text draws in a variety of primary sources, including histories, gazetteers, canonical records, memorials and essays, as well as secondary studies in Chinese, Japanese, English and French, in order to examine the White Lotus teachings in Chinese religious history.

司马富（Richard J.Smith），美国莱斯大学历史系荣休教授。美国加州大学戴维斯分校政治学学士、历史学博士。主要研究领域为清史、中国近代史。 ★译者简介 张安琪，中国人民大学清史研究所博士研究生，美国罗彻斯特大学访问学人，研究方向为近现代中西文化交流史。 荆晨，美国亚利桑那州立大学东亚语言与文明系博士研究生，研究兴趣包括日本近世与近代文学、旅行文学和日本汉学。 康海源，中国人民大学清史研究所硕士毕业，现为出版社编辑。译有《重归一统》，合译有《神武军容耀天威：明代皇室的尚武风习与展现》。

宫越晓子/著绘 1982年生于日本埼玉县。毕业于武藏野美术大学。大学在学期间即开始绘本创作，2009年其《台风来了》（BL出版社出版）获第25届日产童话及绘本最优秀奖。2012年其《森林里的茶话会》（偕成社出版）获第17届日本绘本奖大奖。绘本作品有《野地上的屋子》（白杨社出版）、《钢琴发表会》《这是谁的？》（青铜新社出版）、《手电筒》（福音馆书店绘本杂志<小小科学之友>）等。 季颖/译 日本圣和大学大学院教育研究科博士，儿童文学研究学者、翻译家、作家。译文细腻优美,朗朗上口。