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Books on China
I've been wanting for some time to write down the big list of all the books about China that I've been reading over the past couple of years. So I decided that this was a good as place as any.
Chinese literature I've read in translation
**Journey to the West,
Scholars by Wu Ching-Tsz,
The Carnal Prayermat by Li Yu,
Chin Ping Mei,
Six Yuan Plays,
Outlaws of the Marsh,
***Dream of Red Mansions,
**Strange tales of make do studio by Pu Songling,
Love must not be forgotten by Zhang Jie,
***Miss Sophie's Diary and other stories by Ding Ling,
Picador book of contemporary Chinese fiction
Palace of eternal Youth
Romance of the Western Bower
Peony Pavilion
** The Legend of the White Snake
**Anthology of Chinese Literature volumes 1&2 edited by Cyril Birch
Stories from a Ming collection
Maidenhome by Ding Xiaoqi
Selected stories of Lu Hsun
A leaf in the storm by Lin Yutang
Folktales of China by Eberhard
Chinese Folk Tales, by Kuo
Myths and legends of China by Werner
***The Art of Chinese Poetry by James J. Y. Liu
Anthropology Books on China
Village Life in Old China by Osgood
**Age of Wild Ghosts by Muggler
Studies in Chinese Society Ed A Wolf
**Cult of the dead in a Chinese Village by Ahern
Report from a Chinese Village by Mydral
**Daughters of the Canton Delta by Stockard
***Women and the Family in Rural Taiwan by M. Wolf
** Religion and Ritual in Chinese Society by A. Wolf.
The house of Lim, by M. Wolf
Chinese Family and Kinship By Hugh Baker
Books on Ancient China
**China by William Watson
New Archeological Finds in China
Search for Ancient China
**Golden Age of Chinese Archeology
**Ancient Mortuary Traditions of China :
**Masks of Mystery : Ancient Chinese Bronzes from Sanxingdui
Traders and Raiders on China's Northern Frontier
Chinese Civilization by Marcel Grant
Everyday Life in Early Imperial China by Loewe
**Art, Myth, and Ritual: The Path to Political Authority in Ancient China
by K.C. Chang
Books on Dynastic China
*** Daily life in China on the eve of the Mongol Invasion by Gernet
Change in Sung China
Emperor of China by Jonathan Spence
**Sui Dynasty by Arthur E. Wright
1421 by Gavin Menzies
Sexual Life in Ancient China by Van Gulik
** Engendering China
** Passions of the Cut Sleeve by Hinsch
** Under Confucian Eyes by Mann and Cheng
*** Inner Quarters by Ebrey
*** Marriage and Inequality by Watson and Ebrey
** Society and the Supernatural in Song China by Davis
Chinese Geomancy by Walters
Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci by Spence
Wise Man From the West by Cronin
Sources of Chinese Tradition Volumes 1&2
Outline History of China
Storied History of China
**Ageless Chinese by Dun
Traditional State in Ming Times by Hucker
Qing Dynasty Books
***Narcotic Culture by Dikötter, Lannam, and Zhou
Dragon Empress by Warner
***History in 3 keys by Cohen
***Some did if for Civilization Some did it for Their Country by Elliot
Boxer Rebellion by Preston
Kow Tow, Old Buddha And 2 Years In the Forbidden City by Princess Der Ling
Last Empress by Vare
With the Empress Dowager of China by Carl
My lady of the Chinese Courtyard by Cooper
China by Singelton
**Foreign Mud by Maurice Collins
God's Chinese Son by Spence
Foreign Devils by Barr
**Opium War through Chinese Eyes. by Waley
20th Century Books
Sun Yatsen by Chen and Payne
**Vigil of a Nation by Lin Yutang
***Thunder out of China by White and Jacoby
China Fights for her life by Ekins
**From Emperor to Citizen by Aisin Gioro Pu Yi
**Twilight in the Forbidden City by Johnston
**Red Star Over China by Snow
China's Story by Griffis
Sun Yatsen and the Chinese Republic by Lineburger
First Act in China by Gertram
Shanghai by Dong
China Changes Face by Gittings
**Soong Dynasty by Seagrave
***The Emerging Lesbian: Female Same-Sex Desire in Modern China by Sang
I have put little stars by the books that I thought were particularly good or interesting. I realize that a big list of books isn't really very helpful or interesting to most people. But it helps me keep track of what I've been reading and what I need to learn more about, and what I enjoyed, and maybe other people will find a book or two in here they like too. Most of my books though have come from used book stores in the area and book fairs which is why the list might seem a little eclectic to some.
Chinese literature I've read in translation
**Journey to the West,
Scholars by Wu Ching-Tsz,
The Carnal Prayermat by Li Yu,
Chin Ping Mei,
Six Yuan Plays,
Outlaws of the Marsh,
***Dream of Red Mansions,
**Strange tales of make do studio by Pu Songling,
Love must not be forgotten by Zhang Jie,
***Miss Sophie's Diary and other stories by Ding Ling,
Picador book of contemporary Chinese fiction
Palace of eternal Youth
Romance of the Western Bower
Peony Pavilion
** The Legend of the White Snake
**Anthology of Chinese Literature volumes 1&2 edited by Cyril Birch
Stories from a Ming collection
Maidenhome by Ding Xiaoqi
Selected stories of Lu Hsun
A leaf in the storm by Lin Yutang
Folktales of China by Eberhard
Chinese Folk Tales, by Kuo
Myths and legends of China by Werner
***The Art of Chinese Poetry by James J. Y. Liu
Anthropology Books on China
Village Life in Old China by Osgood
**Age of Wild Ghosts by Muggler
Studies in Chinese Society Ed A Wolf
**Cult of the dead in a Chinese Village by Ahern
Report from a Chinese Village by Mydral
**Daughters of the Canton Delta by Stockard
***Women and the Family in Rural Taiwan by M. Wolf
** Religion and Ritual in Chinese Society by A. Wolf.
The house of Lim, by M. Wolf
Chinese Family and Kinship By Hugh Baker
Books on Ancient China
**China by William Watson
New Archeological Finds in China
Search for Ancient China
**Golden Age of Chinese Archeology
**Ancient Mortuary Traditions of China :
**Masks of Mystery : Ancient Chinese Bronzes from Sanxingdui
Traders and Raiders on China's Northern Frontier
Chinese Civilization by Marcel Grant
Everyday Life in Early Imperial China by Loewe
**Art, Myth, and Ritual: The Path to Political Authority in Ancient China
by K.C. Chang
Books on Dynastic China
*** Daily life in China on the eve of the Mongol Invasion by Gernet
Change in Sung China
Emperor of China by Jonathan Spence
**Sui Dynasty by Arthur E. Wright
1421 by Gavin Menzies
Sexual Life in Ancient China by Van Gulik
** Engendering China
** Passions of the Cut Sleeve by Hinsch
** Under Confucian Eyes by Mann and Cheng
*** Inner Quarters by Ebrey
*** Marriage and Inequality by Watson and Ebrey
** Society and the Supernatural in Song China by Davis
Chinese Geomancy by Walters
Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci by Spence
Wise Man From the West by Cronin
Sources of Chinese Tradition Volumes 1&2
Outline History of China
Storied History of China
**Ageless Chinese by Dun
Traditional State in Ming Times by Hucker
Qing Dynasty Books
***Narcotic Culture by Dikötter, Lannam, and Zhou
Dragon Empress by Warner
***History in 3 keys by Cohen
***Some did if for Civilization Some did it for Their Country by Elliot
Boxer Rebellion by Preston
Kow Tow, Old Buddha And 2 Years In the Forbidden City by Princess Der Ling
Last Empress by Vare
With the Empress Dowager of China by Carl
My lady of the Chinese Courtyard by Cooper
China by Singelton
**Foreign Mud by Maurice Collins
God's Chinese Son by Spence
Foreign Devils by Barr
**Opium War through Chinese Eyes. by Waley
20th Century Books
Sun Yatsen by Chen and Payne
**Vigil of a Nation by Lin Yutang
***Thunder out of China by White and Jacoby
China Fights for her life by Ekins
**From Emperor to Citizen by Aisin Gioro Pu Yi
**Twilight in the Forbidden City by Johnston
**Red Star Over China by Snow
China's Story by Griffis
Sun Yatsen and the Chinese Republic by Lineburger
First Act in China by Gertram
Shanghai by Dong
China Changes Face by Gittings
**Soong Dynasty by Seagrave
***The Emerging Lesbian: Female Same-Sex Desire in Modern China by Sang
I have put little stars by the books that I thought were particularly good or interesting. I realize that a big list of books isn't really very helpful or interesting to most people. But it helps me keep track of what I've been reading and what I need to learn more about, and what I enjoyed, and maybe other people will find a book or two in here they like too. Most of my books though have come from used book stores in the area and book fairs which is why the list might seem a little eclectic to some.