Bøger af Young-tsu Wong

This book is aimed at readers and researchers who are interested in Chinese garden architecture, the rise and fall of Yuanming Yuan and the history of the Qing dynasty. Young-tsu Wong's engaging writing style brings "the garden of perfect brightness" to life as he leads readers on a grand tour of its architecture and history.

This is the first book to comprehensively cover the historical process leading to Taiwan's integration with Mainland China in the seventeenth century.

Yuanming Yuan, China's famous imperial garden, is noted for its magnificent architecture and extraordinary history. This is a comprehensive study of the palatial garden complex and a tour of its architecture and history. It refers throughout to maps and models of individual buildings.

Highlights the mix of traditional Chinese thought, especially Confucianism and western ideas as well as the personal experiences of the two key thinkers in Modern Chinese History, reassessing the transition of China's cultural tradition and its modern fate in a world-wide perspective.