Chao Ching (111 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Very Good.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. The Complete Poems of Li Ch'ing-chao (1084-c. 1151) brings together for the first time in English translation all the surviving verse of China's greatest woman poet. Written during the final years of the Sung Dynasty, with its political intrigues and collapse in the face of Tatar invasions, her poems reveal an imaginative freshness, sensuous imagery, and satirical spirit often at odds with the decadent Confucian code of the day. Her life was colorful and the very picture of renaissance versatility, while her early marriage to Chao Ming-ch'en has been celebrated as an ideal one for a thousand years. Besides being a poet, Li Ch'ing-chao was a scholar of history and the classics, a literary critic and an art collector specializing in bronze and stone inscriptions, not to mention painter, calligrapher, and political commentator. She is considered the finest writer of tz'u poetry, lyric verse set to tunes of the Sung Dynasty, while her few extant poems in the more regular shih form show a mastery widely admired by her contemporaries.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Written during the final years of the Sung Dynasty, with its political intrigues and collapse in the face of the Tatar invasions, her poems reveal an imaginative freshness, sensuous imagery, and satirical spirit often at odds with the decadent Confucian code of the day. Written during the final years of the Sung Dynasty, with its political intrigues and collapse in the face of the Tatar invasions, her poems reveal an imaginative freshness, sensuous imagery, and satirical spirit often at odds with the decadent Confucian code of the day. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: New. The Complete Poems of Li Ch'ing-chao (1084-c. 1151) brings together for the first time in English translation all the surviving verse of China's greatest woman poet. Written during the final years of the Sung Dynasty, with its political intrigues and collapse in the face of Tatar invasions, her poems reveal an imaginative freshness, sensuous imagery, and satirical spirit often at odds with the decadent Confucian code of the day. Her life was colorful and the very picture of renaissance versatility, while her early marriage to Chao Ming-ch'en has been celebrated as an ideal one for a thousand years. Besides being a poet, Li Ch'ing-chao was a scholar of history and the classics, a literary critic and an art collector specializing in bronze and stone inscriptions, not to mention painter, calligrapher, and political commentator. She is considered the finest writer of tz'u poetry, lyric verse set to tunes of the Sung Dynasty, while her few extant poems in the more regular shih form show a mastery widely admired by her contemporaries.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 118 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Book has mild rubbing to edges of spine, light rubbing to cover, and the remnents of a sticker at the bottom edge of spine. otherwise book is in good condition with clean pages, and a solid binding. Aside from the sticker on the spine the book is still a very nice copy. Dan, Nieh (illustrator). …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 118 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Pictorial Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Text is chiefly in Japanese, with some English. Title page has a small red heart stamp; volume has light wear; tight, text clean. v, 69 p., illustrated. Contents (with Japanese text): decorative calligraphy models, with draft writings by Monk Seisho -- wooden fragments in Brahmi script -- Kuca-Kharoshti wooden frgaments -- Kano Tan'yu and Nagai Shinsai Naomasa. [drsr aro br 21] Size: Oversize. …

paperback. Condition: New. Special order direct from the distributor.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Missing. First Edition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light foxing on top edge of text block. Text is unmarked.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Text is in Chinese. Spine area has age browning; spine is chipped; volume has wear; text clean. [220] p. [otob: 43].

Soft Cover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Text is in Chinese. Volume has wear; binding is chipped; bottom half of spine paper has chipped off; binding is age browned at edges; eight pages have annotation marks and/or highlighting. [132] p. [otob: 27].

Condition: New.

Trade Paperback. Very Good internally clean and solid paperback copy. Light bump to one corner. Text in English and Chinese. #.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near fine in wraps.; Weight: 1.01 Pounds.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good internally clean and solid paperback copy. #.

8vo. Pp. 85, 11 plates of photos, 1 large fold. col. geol. map in pocket, 2 figs., bibliogr. Orig. printed stiff wrappers. Fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. (12) pp., including wrappers, stiff pictorial paper, stapled. Some wear and age toning. Good copy with ills. in colour. 17 x 19 cm.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 337 pages. 8.25x8.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New.