Chinese Historical

Explore the world of Cantonese with this five-session language course designed for beginners with no prior experience. This course provides a solid foundation in one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, spoken primarily in Hong Kong, Macau, and the Guangdong province of China. This course offers a practical and straightforward approach to learning Cantonese, focusing on essential vocabulary and phrases that can be immediately useful.

梅花宴下，她勾魂摄魄，未央宫中，她辗转缠绵。是勾心，还是失魂，而立君王，少年太子，肱骨大臣，且看一代庶女如何步步惊心，成为至高之人！…… 梅花宴下，她勾魂攝魄，未央宮中，她輾轉纏綿。是勾心，還是失魂，而立君王，少年太子，肱骨大臣，且看一代庶女如何步步驚心，成為至高之人！

China, 1957: Chairman Mao has declared a new openness in society. “Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend.” Many intellectuals fear it is only a trick, and Kai Ying’s husband, Sheng, a teacher, has promised not to jeopardize their safety or that of their young son, Tao. But one July morning, just before his sixth birthday, Tao watches helplessly as Sheng is dragged away for writing a letter criticizing the Communist Party and sent to a labor camp for “reeducation”. Once again, Tsukiyama brings us a powerfully moving story of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances with grace and courage.

Nainai has lived in Shanghai for many years, and the time has come to find a wife for her adopted grandson. But when the bride she has chosen arrives from the countryside, it soon becomes clear that the orphaned girl has ideas of her own. Her name is Fu Ping, and the more she explores the residential lanes and courtyards behind Shanghai’s busy shopping streets, the less she wants to return to the country as a dutiful wife. As Fu Ping wavers over her future, she learns the city through the stories of the nannies, handymen, and garbage collectors of postwar Shanghai....

In the early morning of 20th April 1949, HMS Amethyst was fulfilling orders to travel to Nanking to stand guard for the British Embassy during the height of the Chinese Civil War when she was fired upon by guns from the riverbank. Shells pounded into the ship, killing the commanding officer and destroyed the bridge before the ship grounded on the bank. How did the Amethyst escape the battering of Chinese Communist guns?

年羹尧赐死，隆科多圈禁，但八爷党余威未尽。王府密议，欲借铁帽子王逼雍正逊位；乾清宫内，唇枪舌战，风浪迭起。一边是赫赫天威，雍正严惩骨肉众兄弟，一边是缠绵缱绻，强留酷似旧情人的弟媳…… 年羹堯賜死，隆科多圈禁，但八爺黨餘威未盡。王府密議，欲借鐵帽子王逼雍正遜位；乾清宮內，唇槍舌戰，風浪迭起。一邊是赫赫天威，雍正嚴懲骨肉眾兄弟，一邊是纏綿繾綣，強留酷似舊情人的弟媳……

蒙古族是一个富有传奇色彩的民族，其意为“永恒之火”，别称“马背民族”，史称“蒙兀室韦”、“萌古”等，额尔古纳河畔是他们的摇篮……蒙古族是一個富有傳奇色彩的民族，其意為「永恆之火」，別稱「馬背民族」，史稱「蒙兀室韋」、「萌古」等，額爾古納河畔是他們的搖籃……

Spend twenty-four hours with the ancient Chinese. Travel back to AD 17, during the fourth year of the reign of Wang Mang of the Han dynasty, a vibrant and innovative era full of conflicts and contradictions. But as different as the Han culture might have been to other great ancient civilizations, the inhabitants of ancient China faced the same problems as people have for time immemorial: earning enough money, coping with workplace dramas, and keeping your home in order.

曾国藩仕途初期，九年内连升十级、这其中有着怎样的机遇，隐忍和智慧？……曾國藩仕途初期，九年內連升十級、這其中有著怎樣的機遇，隱忍和智慧？  

Lalu Nathoy's father called his thirteen-year-old daughter his treasure, his "thousand pieces of gold," yet when famine strikes northern China in 1871, he is forced to sell her. Polly, as Lalu is later called, is sold to a brothel, sold again to a slave merchant bound for America, auctioned to a saloonkeeper, and offered as a prize in a poker game. This biographical novel is the extraordinary story of one woman's fight for independence and dignity in the American West.

李穿喉，残唐五代时拥兵西川的强藩，“天下第一神射手”，其亲手调教的十八义子“四川十八神射”在一夜之间尽被诛杀，对方只有一人，而且也用弓箭……李穿喉，殘唐五代時擁兵西川的強藩，「天下第一神射手」，其親手調教的十八義子「四川十八神射」在一夜之間盡被誅殺，對方只有一人，而且也用弓箭…… 

刘邦是在封建时代被历史学家称为“豁达大度，从谏如流”的英雄人物。刘邦同项羽打了好几年仗，结果刘邦胜了，项羽败了，这不是偶然的……劉邦是在封建時代被歷史學家稱為「豁達大度，從諫如流」的英雄人物。劉邦同項羽打了好幾年仗，結果劉邦勝了，項羽敗了，這不是偶然的……

王阳明，本名王守仁，自号阳明子，学者称之为“阳明先生”，后世亦多以“王阳明”称之，他是明代著名的思想家、文学家、哲学家、军事家……王陽明，本名王守仁，自號陽明子，學者稱之為「陽明先生」，後世亦多以「王陽明」稱之，他是明代著名的思想家、文學家、哲學家、軍事家…… 

The history of the Yan family is inseparable from the history of China over the last century. One of the most influential businesswomen of China today, Lan Yan grew up in the company of the country's powerful elite, including Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and other top leaders. In recounting her family history, Lan Yan brings to life a century of Chinese history from the last emperor to present day, including the Cultural Revolution which tore her childhood apart. The little girl who was crushed by the Cultural Revolution has become one of the most active businesswomen in her country.

Having become the new Judge of Hell, Hui Yue travels back to the Celestial Sword Sect where he is to start a new life as an immortal. While striving to gain enough strength to defeat his enemies, he must continue to look out for the people he cares most about. He journeys out on a trip to find the one person who can help him resurrect his loved one....

Leaving behind the Divine Beast World, Hui Yue embarks upon the life of an immortal in the vast outside world. To resurrect his loved one, he will go to hell and back. Follow Hui Yue as he enters a world unlike any he has ever seen before and adapts to the many changes that surrounds him on his quest to become the strongest person alive.

光绪宣统年间的古城子，传统道德的堤坝轰然垮塌。贪官索要万民伞，村愚把落草为寇当成乐子。甲午之衰，光绪奇灾，俄人筑路，两次跑毛子，宣统鼠疫浩劫…… 光緒宣統年間的古城子，傳統道德的堤壩轟然垮塌。貪官索要萬民傘，村愚把落草為寇當成樂子。甲午之衰，光緒奇災，俄人築路，兩次跑毛子，宣統鼠疫浩劫……

父母双亡的小瘪三迫于生计来到上海，十五岁起跟着师父套签子福生频频出入烟街柳巷，随着年龄增长，对女人的渴望越来越强烈，并为此立下出人头地的志向……父母雙亡的小癟三迫於生計來到上海，十五歲起跟著師父套簽子福生頻頻出入煙街柳巷，隨著年齡增長，對女人的渴望越來越強烈，並為此立下出人頭地的志向……

战国时期，在清溪鬼谷山上隐居着一位被尊称为鬼谷子的老人，他不和人来往，过着与世隔绝的生活……戰國時期，在清溪鬼谷山上隱居著一位被尊稱為鬼谷子的老人，他不和人來往，過著與世隔絕的生活…… 

岳飞，是我国宋金时代的汉民族英雄，他从小奋发努力，勤学苦练，在校场比试中一枪成名，却因为朝廷腐败而反遭追杀……岳飛，是我國宋金時代的漢民族英雄，他從小奮發努力，勤學苦練，在校場比試中一槍成名，卻因為朝廷腐敗而反遭追殺……