Jen Tchong (5 results)

Condition: acceptable. Ausreichend/Acceptable: Exemplar mit vollständigem Text und sämtlichen Abbildungen oder Karten. Schmutztitel oder Vorsatz können fehlen. Einband bzw. Schutzumschlag weisen unter Umständen starke Gebrauchsspuren auf. / Describes a book or dust jacket that has the complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. (which must be noted). Binding, dust jacket (if any), etc may also be worn.…

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. R240140847: 1969. In-24. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 18 pages agrafées. . . . Classification Dewey : 320-Science politique.

in-12, souple, 136p, 12p de photos, bon état.

Condition: Good. 12mo, 8.5 x 15.5cm. Half contemporary roan with used marbled boards. 4 vols. in 2: xxxij-224 ; 263, 263 et 243 pages. 4 folding frontispieces. Tear without loss on one half-title.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:492467802:4 tomes ([1-1bl.-1-1bl.]-XXXII-224 p., [1] f. de pl. dépl. (front.) ; [1-1bl.-1-1bl.]-263-[1bl.] p., [1] f. de pl. dépl. (front.) ; [1-1bl.-1-1bl.]-263-[1bl.] p., [1] f. de pl. dépl. (front.) ; [1-1bl.-1-1bl.]-243-[4-1bl.] p., [1] f. de pl. dépl. (front.) : ill. ; in-12.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:492467802Contents:Argument d'une comédie chinoise, jouée a? Canton en 1719 (tome 4, p. 43-68)Fragments de poésie chinoise avec une dissertation (tome 4, p. 69-120)Recueil de proverbes et d'apophthegmes chinois (tome 4, p. 121-243)Notes:L'auteur est connu sous le nom de Ming kiao tchong jenTraduit de l'anglais en français par Marc-Antoine Eidous, d'après BabrierApprobation datée du 22 aou?t 1765 ; privilège daté du 2 octobre 1765 en faveur de Marc-Antoine Eidous, qui le cède a? Benoi?t Duplain, le 15 octobre 1765Marque aux titresSig. : [ ]2 a12 e4 A-I12 K4 ; [ ]2 A-L12 ; [ ]2 A-L12 ; [ ]2 A-K12 L4.Percy's adaptation of Hau Kiou Choaan from an original Chinese novel, and how the ways in which Percy interprets the Chinese novel signify his peculiar views of China. On the title page of Hau Kiou Choaan; or, The Pleasing History (1761), Thomas Percy quotes from Jean-Baptiste Du Halde's A Description of the Empire of China and of Chinese Tartary (1738): 'There is no better means of instruction on China than letting China speak for herself'. It remains questionable, whether by presenting an original piece of Chinese literature, Percy has really let China 'speak for herself'; it is reasonable to argue that Hau Kiou Choaan carries as much information about China as it does about Percy's own perceptions of this country. Whether Percy's works and views of China provoked louder criticism or higher praise, his input into the studies of China was a positive one, for it contributed to an increasingly vigorous debate that would increasingly perceive differences as a source of strength, not weakness. …