Theirs was a rich civilization in which emperors are magnified, bureacrats satirized, women worshipped, nature revered, parting and death mourned, and war reviled. Dawson shows how Chinese art and literature are linked by the magic of the calligraphic brush-stroke, and the lasting influence of ancient doctrines on Chinese manners and institutions, all of which is deeply rooted in tradition.
- ISBN10 1842120204
- ISBN13 9781842120200
- Publish Date 4 May 2000 (first published 11 November 1999)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 March 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson History
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 333
- Language English