China’S 1ast eunuch Sun Yaoting died in December 1996 at age 94.He took with him intimate stories of the last vestiges of Imperial China and was himself the 1ast in the line of eunuchs who had served the royal family for more than 2,000 years.His personal iourney from poor farmboy to revered servant to PU Yi and Wanrong.China’S last emperor and empress,iS an amazing iourney which also chronicles nearly one century of turbulence and upheavalin Chinese history and culture. This engrossing biography by Chinese historian Jia Yinghua fcatures first.hand accounts by Sun Yaoting of his adventures in the Forbidden City.his reunion with Pu Yi in Japanese—held Manchukuo in the 1 930s.his return to“normal”1ifc as a munity organizer in the Buddhist temple where he 1ivcd out the rest of his lifc. Beginning in the early 1 900s.Sun’S story follows events in China such as Pu Yi’S abdication of lmperial rule.the Japanese occupation 0f China which ended with the conclusion of
The title might have been written by Mao himself. Instead, it was dictated by the revealing, intimate, neverbeforepublished recollections of Li Yinqiao, Mao'odyguard, and brought to light by the author Quan Yanchi. After fifteen years of devoted service, Li received thisrequest from Mao: "If what happens in my family is a secretto others, it is not a secret to you. But don't write about mewhile I'm still alive; wait until I die, and write truthfully whenyou do." For the first time, the personal, inside story ofChina's dynamic leader and world statesman is told rathelife and thought of Mao, the husband, father, radeinarms, the peasant's son. The recollections, only now madepublic in English, provide the reader with a refreshinglydifferent perspective from any of the many other worksabout Mao, Highlighting the book are photographs, published here for the first time.
《希腊神话故事》于1840年首次出版,是德国浪漫主义作家古斯塔夫?施瓦布久负盛名的著作,主要内容包括神的故事和英雄传说。神的故事涉及宇宙和人类的起源、神的产生等;英雄传说则反映了古希腊人征服自然的意志和勇气。在施瓦布笔下,希腊神话与传说被梳理得脉络分明,描写得引人入胜,神和英雄的形象都有血有肉、栩栩如生;且故事更加完整,人物结局也都有了交代,如荷马在《伊利亚特》中是叙述到赫克托耳之死,施瓦布则一直写到特洛伊的陷落,这其中包括木马计、海伦的命运等。这些特点使得这部著作流传甚广,成为了解希腊神话与传说的备受欢迎的读物。“希腊神话故事”是全人类、也绝不可能再生的文化遗产,是古希腊人民智慧的结晶,是全人类极其宝贵的精神财富。本书通过生动的细节和完整的情节,讲述了精彩有趣又荒诞离奇的希腊神