Add this copy of Moment in Peking to cart. $47.73, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Foreign Languages Teaching and.
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2009, Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press
Add this copy of Moment in Peking to cart. $666.67, fair condition, Sold by BookDrop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Phoenix, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press.
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2009, Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press
Add this copy of Moment in Peking (English Version) to cart. $17.76, good condition, Sold by HPB-Red rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Foreign Language Teaching Resear.
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Add this copy of Moment in Peking (English Version) to cart. $71.48, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Foreign Language Teaching Rese.
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Add this copy of Moment in Peking, a Novel of Contemporary Chinese Life to cart. $35.00, good condition, Sold by Ground Zero Books, Ltd. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silver Spring, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by Mei Ya Publications Inc.
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Good. No dust jacket as issued. [16], 815, [5]. Pronounciation guide. Genealogical Tree. Some Chinese Terms of Address From Wikipedia: Lin Yutang (October 10, 1895 March 26, 1976) was a Chinese writer and inventor. His informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made him one of the most influential writers of his generation, and his compilations and translations of classic Chinese texts into English were bestsellers in the West. After 1935 Lin lived mainly in the United States, where he became known as a "wise and witty" popularizer of Chinese philosophy and way of life. Lin's first best sellers were My Country and My People (simplified Chinese: 吾 国 与 吾 民 traditional Chinese: 吾 國 與 吾 民 ) (1935) and The Importance of Living (simplified Chinese: 生 活 的 艺 术 traditional Chinese: 生 活 的 藝 術 ) (1937), written in English in a charming style. Others include Between Tears and Laughter (啼 笑 皆 非 ) (1943), The Importance of Understanding (1960, a book of translated Chinese literary passages and short pieces), The Chinese Theory of Art (1967). The novels Moment in Peking (simplified Chinese: 京 华 烟 云 traditional Chinese: 京 華 煙 雲 ) (1939), A Leaf in the Storm (1940), and The Vermillion Gate (simplified Chinese: 朱 门 traditional Chinese: 朱 門 ) (1953) were well received epics of China in turmoil, while Chinatown Family (1948) presented the lives of Chinese Americans in New York. Partly to avoid controversial contemporary issues, Lin in 1947 published The Gay Genius: The Life and Times of Su Tungpo which presented the struggle between Su Dongpo and Wang Anshi as parallel to the struggle between Chinese liberals and totalitarian communists. Lin's political writings in English sold fewer copies and were more controversial. Between Tears and Laughter (1943) broke with the genial tone of his earlier English writings to criticize Western racism and imperialism. After Pearl Harbor, Lin traveled in China and wrote favorably of the war effort and Chiang Kai-shek in Vigil of a Nation (1944), and was criticized by American China Hands such as Edgar Snow. [3] Ming Kwai TypewriterHe was interested in mechanics. Since Chinese is a character-based rather than an alphabet-based language, with many thousands of separate characters, it has always been difficult to employ modern printing technologies. For many years it was doubted that a Chinese typewriter could be invented. Lin, however, worked on this problem for decades and eventually came up with a workable typewriter brought to market in the middle of the war with Japan. He also invented and patented several lesser inventions such as a toothbrush with toothpaste dispensing. He was nominated and served briefly as president (or chancellor) of the Nanyang University created in Singapore specifically for Chinese studies complementary to the English-oriented University of Singapore. He did not, however, choose to continue in that role when Nanyang (South Seas) University became a focus of the struggle for control of Singapore between the Communist-directed left and the liberal, social democratic right. He felt he was too old for the conflict. With his unique facility for both Chinese and English idiom, Lin presided over the compilation of an outstanding Chinese-English dictionary, Lin Yutang's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage (simplified Chinese: 林 语 堂 当 代 汉 英 词 典 traditional Chinese: 林 語 堂 當 代 漢 英 詞 典 ) (1972), which contains a massive English index to definitions of Chinese terms. The work was undertaken in Hong Kong, where Lin served for a time at the newly founded Chinese University of Hong Kong. His many works represent...
Add this copy of Moment in Peking to cart. $45.00, fair condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1939 by The John Day Company.
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Book. Octavo, 815 pp; G-/Fair; tan spine with black text; DJ has tearing and ripping along edges, two large open tears along fore edge, large open tear on spine, small open tear on spine, mild sunning on spine; mild shelf wear, bumping and rubbing to corners, binding shaken, small piece of cloth binding missing in upper right corner of back board, mild age toning, small sticker on bottom left of back pastedown. 1359189. FP New Rockville Stock.
Add this copy of Moment in Peking: a Novel of Contemporary Chinese Life to cart. $69.00, very good condition, Sold by Banjo Booksellers rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Andover, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1939 by John Day.
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Near Fine. No Jacket. First printing (no additional printings listed). The spine is shallowly creased and faintly stained. A bit of erasure is on the front free endpaper. In a square, sound binding with hinges intact. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
Add this copy of Moment in Peking to cart. $181.44, very good condition, Sold by RARE BOOK CELLAR rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pomona, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1939 by John Day.
Add this copy of Moment in Peking: a Novel of Contemporary Chinese Life to cart. $250.00, good condition, Sold by Cleveland Book Company rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rocky River, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1939 by John Day Company.
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Good in near fine jacket. Octavo, 815pp. A good copy, with some soiling to the boards, and a faint dampstain affecting the margin of the first several dozen pages, not approaching any text. In a supplied dust jacket, near fine, with some sticker ghost on the spine, else quite fresh. This copy SIGNED by Yutang in a contemporary hand and in his typical small script on the front free endpaper. Uncommon signed.
