Hawai'i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture

by Victor H. Mair, Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt (Editor), Paul Rakita Goldin (Editor)

The Hawai‘i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture is a collection of more than ninety primary sources—all but a few of which were translated specifically for this volume—of cultural significance from the Bronze Age to the turn of the twentieth century. They take into account virtually every aspect of traditional culture, including sources from the non-Sinitic ethnic minorities.130 illus., 117 color, 11 maps

744 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2005

About the author

Victor Henry Mair (/mɛər/; born March 25, 1943) is an American Sinologist and professor of Chinese at the University of Pennsylvania.