Ancient China Simplified

by Edward Harper Parker

Book Overview

From the preface: "The Chinese Annals are mere diaries of events, isolated facts being tumbled together in order of date, without any regard for proportion. Epoch-making invasions, defeats, and cessions of territory are laconically noted down on a level with the prince's indiscretion in weeping for a concubine as he would weep for a wife; or the Emperor's bounty in sending a dish of sacrificial meat to a vassal power by express messenger. In one way...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1507651597
• ISBN13: 9781507651599
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"