Thirty-Six Views: The Kangxi Emperor's Mountain Estate in Poetry and Prints by Kangxi

Thirty-Six Views: The Kangxi Emperor's Mountain Estate in Poetry and Prints

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Kangxi with Richard E. Strassberg (Translator)

316 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics history literary poetry informative reflective medium-paced
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In 1712, the Kangxi emperor published Imperial Poems on the Mountain Estate for Escaping the Heat (Yuzhi Bishu shanzhuang shi) to commemorate his recently completed summer palace. Through his perceptions of thirty-six of its most scenic views, his...

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