Description

Los Angeles: Monumenta Serica at the University of California, 1966. Monumenta Serica Monograph Series, no. 15. Translated and annotated by Ch'ien Hsing-hai and L. Carrington Goodrich. Hardcover, iv, 328 pp; 27 cm. In good+ condition / NO dust jacket. Green cloth with gold lettering in English and Chinese on upper board and spine. Light bumping to edges and corners of covers. Circular ring stain to front cover and a smaller surface mark to the left side. light overall scuffing and soiling to covers as well. Binding tight. Previous owner's name in ink on front free end paper. Otherwise pages are unmarked. Not Ex-library. A study on the assimilation (sinicization) of Western and Central Asians during the Yuan dynasty, covering cultural, religious, literary, and artistic transformations. Contents include: Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction (boundaries of Hsi-yu, civilization during the Yuan, definition of sinicization, forerunners); The Confucian School (including Confucianists among Hsi-yu people, Christians, Moslems, Buddhists, Manicheans); Buddhism and Taoism (Buddhism and Taoism of men of letters, Moslem converts to Buddhism, Christian families who became Taoists); Literature (Chinese poets, prose writers, lyricists from Western Regions); Fine Arts (calligraphers, painters, architects); Customs (adoption of names, burial customs, architectural customs); Women's scholarship (sinicization of women, studies by ladies); Conclusion (general comment on Yuan culture, sinicization in the eyes of authors, writings by authors from Western Regions); Index.