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E. T. Chalmers Werner (1864–1954)

Autor(a) de Myths and Legends of China

10+ Works 437 Membros 6 Críticas

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Image credit: Edward Theodore Chalmers Werner. Photograph copied from the China Policy and Law web site.

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Nome canónico
Werner, E. T. Chalmers
Nome legal
Werner, Edward Theodore Chalmers
Data de nascimento
1864
Data de falecimento
1954
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
Local de nascimento
Dunedin, Otago, Neuseeland
Ocupações
Sinologe

Membros

Críticas

from cover China's fiery heritage has been marred by unimaginable bloodshed and slaughter during forty centuries of civil wars. The weapnos used during her tortured past are dramatically illustrated in Mr. Werner's study of China's tools of war. Contents Origin of Chinese Weapons-Invention of Weapons; Material Used Sticks, Cudgels, Clubs and Maces Battle Axes Spears, Lances and Rapiers Daggers Swords Two-edged Sword Bows and Arrows-Bow-strings; Bowcases; Thumb Pieces; Crossbows; Arrows; Arrowbuckets Battering-rams and Ballistae Penetration Devices Fortifications Defenses Guns, Blunderbusses and Firearms-Gunpowder Defensive Armour Shields Toop Carriers Illustration… (mais)
 
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AikiBib | May 29, 2022 |
It's difficult to decide how to rate this book, especially after reading Paul French's 'Midnight in Peking' and discovering the author was a superhuman figure who not only spent virtually his entire working life in China, but was capable of navigating the Shanghai underworld, pulling off midnight B&E jobs on brothels, and surviving a Japanese internment camp - all while in his seventies. The book is still a decent survey, but time has passed it by and there are much better and more recent studies out there, notably Eberhard's 'Chinese Folktales'.… (mais)
 
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redcoat668 | 3 outras críticas | Jan 2, 2015 |
It's difficult to decide how to rate this book, especially after reading Paul French's 'Midnight in Peking' and discovering the author was a superhuman figure who not only spent virtually his entire working life in China, but was capable of navigating the Shanghai underworld, pulling off midnight B&E jobs on brothels, and surviving a Japanese internment camp - all while in his seventies. The book is still a decent survey, but time has passed it by and there are much better and more recent studies out there, notably Eberhard's 'Chinese Folktales'.… (mais)
 
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redcoat668 | 3 outras críticas | Jan 2, 2015 |
Geordend op uitspraak in Wade-Giles. Nog steeds het enige handzame overzicht van belangrijke figuren uit de Chinese mythologie, zowel uit Boeddhisme en Daoïsme als uit de zogenaamde volksgodsdienst (die echter door het grootste deel van de Chinese samenleving werd aangehangen). [BtH]
 
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eastasianlibrary | Apr 7, 2011 |

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Obras
10
Also by
2
Membros
437
Popularidade
#55,995
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
6
ISBN
56
Línguas
4

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