The Battle of Chibi (Red Cliffs): Selected and Translated from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Tjoa, Hock G.

ISBN 10: 1453751858 / ISBN 13: 9781453751855

Published by Createspace Independent Pub, 2010

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346 pages. 8.90x5.91x0.87 inches. This item is printed on demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Battle of Chibi (Red Cliffs): Selected and Translated from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1453751858
• ISBN 13: 9781453751855
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

Long ago, along a stretch of a river deep and wide but far away from the consciousness or imagination of anyone outside All under Heaven, a battle was fought that determined the fate of its people for the next four hundred years. The Battle of Chibi vividly retells selections (translated by the author) from the great Chinese classic, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This novel combines fascinating characters in action as well as ideas in conflict and battle scenes, deception, and earnest debate; there is even a marriage arranged for the purpose of entrapping of the Loyalist leader. It weaves together stories, drama, poetry--events and episodes that have engrossed Asian readers and listeners for the last seventeen hundred years. Above all, the warriors and leaders in this retelling, their loyalties and conflicts, show why this classic has been valued as the best introduction to Chinese thought.

About the Author

Hock G. Tjoa was born in Singapore to Chinese parents. He studied history at Brandeis and Harvard and taught European history and Asian political thought at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. He has published George Henry Lewes, a Victorian Mind, "The social and political ideas of Tan Cheng Lock" and various articles in the Newsletter of the China History Forum. He is married and lives with his family in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California.