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Han Xin's Challenge 2019 - A Tale of the Founding of the Western Han (Hardcover)
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Han Xin's Challenge 2019 - A Tale of the Founding of the Western Han (Hardcover)
Series: Voices of Asia, 2
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The death of China's first emperor in 210 BCE initiated a brutal
power struggle between Xiang Yu, Hegemon-King of Western Chu, and
Liu Bang, later founder of the Han dynasty; the lowly Han Xin also
strove for advancement. For over 2,000 years, the resulting story
has been celebrated in China. Even today its main protagonists are
household names. This is an epic tale of courage and cowardice,
honour and treachery, acted out by lords, officials and soldiers,
mothers, wives and concubines, and has inspired great works of
literature, performance and the arts. Yet only recently has this
narrative been translated into English - in Western Han: A Yangzhou
Storyteller's Script by the same authors (see p. 50). To a large
extent, Han Xin's Challenge is a shortened version of Western Han,
largely comprising its English translation plus explanatory text.
It is more than that, however. The story has been made more
accessible to the general reader without compromising the accuracy
of the translation. Its text is also illuminated with artwork that
brings the narrative to life and shows how embedded the tale is in
Chinese culture, even today. The result is a text ideal for the
teaching of Chinese history, culture and literature. But also it is
a sweeping drama, a page-turner, a story that anyone can enjoy.
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