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Olivia Milburn has given us a delicious romp through history, this time in her sprightly translation of the romance by the late Ming moralist Feng Menglong. The intrigues retold by Feng became the stuff of edifying proverbs in China and they became so celebrated in Europe that Voltaire adapted one for the Parisian theater. Now, at last, readers can feel the magic in this marvelous translation of an acclaimed book."—Michael Nylan, Professor and...

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Zhao Feiyan (45�BCE), the second empress appointed by Emperor Cheng of the Han dynasty (207 BCE�0 CE), was born in slavery and trained in the performing arts, a background that made her appointment as empress highly controversial. Subsequent persecution by her political enemies eventually led to her being forced to commit suicide. After her death, her reputation was marred by accusations of vicious scheming, murder of other consorts and their ...

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The Glory of Yue is the first translation into any Western language of the Yuejue shu, a collection of essays on history, literature, religion, architecture, economic thought, military science, and philosophy related to the ancient kingdoms of Wu and Yue, in present day eastern China.

Olivia Milburn is associate professor of Chinese literature at Seoul National University. She is the author of Cherishing Antiquity: The Cultural Construction of an Ancient Chinese Kingdom and translator of The Glory of Yue: An Annotated Translation of the Yuejue shu.

The Spring and Autumn Annals of Master Yan is one of the most important works concerning statecraft to survive from ancient China, here made accessible to English-language readers for the first time.

Olivia Milburn is associate professor of Chinese literature at Seoul National University. She is the author of Cherishing Antiquity: The Cultural Construction of an Ancient Chinese Kingdom and translator of The Glory of Yue: An Annotated Translation of the Yuejue shu.