Chinese

In Search of Liberty: Lin Yusheng’s Life and Thought by Josephine Chiu-Duke (2023)

Publication title: In Search of Liberty: Lin Yusheng’s Life and Thought Publication year: 2023 Author: Dr. Josephine Chiu-Duke About the book Professor Lin Yu-sheng (1934-2022) was one of the leading scholars in modern Chinese intellectual history. His 1979 English book, The Crisis of Chinese Consciousness is a systematic study of radical anti-traditionalism in the May […]

An Intellectual History of China, Volume One, translated by Michael S. Duke and Josephine Chiu-Duke (2014)

Publication title: An Intellectual History of China, Volume One: Knowledge, Thought, and Belief before the Seventh Century CE Publication year: 2014 Author: Translated by Michael S. Duke and Josephine Chiu-Duke About the book In An Intellectual History of China, Professor Ge Zhaoguang presents a history of traditional Chinese knowledge, thought and belief to the late six century […]

An Intellectual History of China, Volume Two, translated by Michael S. Duke and Josephine Chiu-Duke (2018)

The book “An Intellectual History of China, Volume Two: Knowledge, Thought and Belief From the Seventh Through the Nineteenth Century” translated by Michael S. Duke and Josephine Chiu-Duke was published in 2018.

Raise the Red Lantern: Three Novellas translated by Michael S. Duke (1993)

The book “Raise the Red Lantern: Three Novellas” translated by Michael S. Duke was published in 1993.

From Rural China to the Ivy League: Reminiscences of Transformations in Modern Chinese History co-translated by Josephine Chiu-Duke and Michael S. Duke (2021)

Publication title: From Rural China to the Ivy League: Reminiscences of Transformations in Modern Chinese History Publication year: 2021 Author: Co-translated by Josephine Chiu-Duke and Michael S. Duke About the book A leading authority in the field of Chinese Studies, Professor Yü Ying-shih received the John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity in […]

The Book of Swindles: Selections from a Late Ming Collection translated by Christopher Rea and Bruce Rusk (2017)

Publication title: The Book of Swindles: Selections from a Late Ming Collection Publication year: 2017 Author: Translated by Christopher Rea and Bruce Rusk About the book This is an age of deception. Con men ply the roadways. Bogus alchemists pretend to turn one piece of silver into three. Devious nuns entice young women into adultery. Sorcerers […]

Imperfect Understanding: Intimate Portraits of Chinese Celebrities edited by Christopher Rea (2018)

Publication title: Imperfect Understanding: Intimate Portraits of Chinese Celebrities Publication year: 2018 Author: Edited by Christopher Rea About the book What did it mean to be a celebrity in 1930s China? Who were Republican China’s preeminent intellectuals, writers, artists, politicians, diplomats, and businesspeople, and how were they represented in the popular press? This anthology brings together […]

Da bujing de niandai: Jindai Zhongguo xin xiaoshi [The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China] by Christopher Rea (2018)

China’s Chaplin: Comic Stories and Farces by Xu Zhuodai translated and with an introduction by Christopher Rea (2019)

Publication title: China’s Chaplin: Comic Stories and Farces Publication year: 2019 Author:Xu Zhuodai translated and with an introduction by Christopher Rea About the book Hoaxes! Jokes! Farces and fun! China’s Chaplin introduces the imagination of Xu Zhuodai (1880–1958), a comic dynamo who made Shanghai laugh through the tumultuous decades of the pre-Mao era. Xu was […]

Literary Information in China: A History co-edited by Bruce Rusk (2021)

Publication title: Literary Information in China: A History Publication year: 2021 Author: Co-edited by Bruce Rusk About the book “Information” has become a core concept across the disciplines, yet it is still often seen as a unique feature of the Western world that became central only in the digital age. In this book, leading experts turn […]