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Novels -- Paper Mage
Selected Bibliograpy
This isn't a complete bibliography of all the research sources I used for Paper Mage. It is a good starting point for readers interested in the Tang dynasty and in all things Chinese.
Non-Fiction
Beckwith, Christopher I. The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia. Princeton University Press, 1987.
Capon, Edmund and Werner Forman. Tang China: Vision and Splendor of a Golden Age. Macdonald & Orbis, 1989.
Cave, Roderick. Chinese Paper Offerings. Oxford University Press, 1998.
De Mente, Boye Lafayette. NTC's Dictionary of China's Cultural Code Words. NTC Publishing Group, 1996.
Eberhard, Wolfram. A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983.
Engel, Peter. Folding Universe. Vintage Books, 1989. (This is actually a book on origami.)
James, Peter and Nick Thorpe. Ancient Inventions. Ballantine Books, 1994.
Lu, Henry C. Chinese Herbal Cures. Sterling Publishing Co., 1994.
Schafer, Edward H. The Golden Peachers of Samarkand. University of California Press, 1963.
Smith, Authur H. Village Life in China. Little, Brown and Company, 1970.
Spring, Madeline. Animal Allegories in T'ang China. American Oriental Society, 1993.
The Red-Crowned Crane. China Pictorial Press.
Waldron, Arthur. The Great Wall of China. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Williams, CAS. Chinese Symbolism and Art Motifs. Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc., 1974.
Yang, Jwing-Ming. Ancient Chinese Weapons. Yama Martial Arts Association, 1999.
Myth
Bucher, J. Frank. The South River Pagoda. Fithian Press, 1988.
Carpenter, Frances. Tales of a Chinese Grandmother. Charles E Tuttle Company, Inc., 1980.
Palmer, Martin and Xiaomin, Zhao. Essential Chinese Mythology. Thorsons, 1997.
Walters, Derek. An Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend. Diamond Books, 1995.
The World of Chinese Myths. Beijing Language and Culture Center Press, 1995.
Fiction and Poetry
Hughart, Barry. The Bridge of Birds. St. Martin's Press, 1984.
Lao Tsu. Tao Te Ching. Translated by Gia-Fu Feng, and Jand English. Vintage Books, 1989.
Lewis, Elizabeth Foreman. Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965.
Liu, Wu-Chi and Irving Lo. Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry. Indiana University Press, 1975.
Spence, Jonathan D. The Question of Hu. Vintage Books, 1989.
Tu Fu. The Selected Poems of Tu Fu. Translated by David Hinton. New Directions Books, 1989.
Van Gulik, Robert. Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee. Dover Publications, 1976.
Web Sources
Wonderful English-Chinese dictionary. Plus flash cards
to help you learn Chinese, your name in Chinese, and many other fun topics:
http://www.mandarintools.com/
Chinese Emperors:
http://wwwtc.nhmccd.edu/people/crf01/history/china.html
Information about Chinese knotting and knot work:
http://www.chineseknotting.org/
Paper folding by Joseph Wu:
http://www.origami.as/
Chinese mythology:
http://www.paralumun.com/mythch.htm
Encyclopedia Mythica:
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/
Mythology on the web:
http://www.mythsearch.com/
Myths and legends:
http://www.myths.com/pub/myths/mythold.html
Folklore and mythology texts:
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html
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