{"product_id":"the-world-of-wu-zhao-n-harry-rothschild-9781839993930","title":"The World of Wu Zhao: Annotated Selections from Zhang Zhuo's Court and Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe World of Wu Zhao\u003c\/em\u003e is a carefully curated set of more than 120 translated stories--all annotated and contextualized--on a range of topics from Zhang Zhuo's 張鷟 eighth century collection of miscellany, \u003cem\u003eCollected Records of Court and Countr\u003c\/em\u003ey (\u003cem\u003eChaoye qianzai\u003c\/em\u003e 朝野僉載). The book provides English readers with a sense and feel for the empire during the reign of Wu Zhao 武曌 (624-705, also known as Empress Wu and Wu Zetian), China's first and only female emperor. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe World of Wu Zhao\u003c\/em\u003e moves outward from the female sovereign's personal and intimate domain of the inner palace. The text includes chapters on a number of different themes and topics: the female emperor's male favorites, the culture of the court, cruel officials, as well as sections on flora and fauna, the common folk, artisans and craftsmen, Buddhist and Daoist monks, the military, spirits and the supernatural, the borderlands, and local officials. Chapters are introduced through \"speaking artifacts\" such as saddles, swords, bronze tallies, porcelain figurines of camels and grooms, official tallies, Buddhist cave paintings and funerary monuments--contemporary to the reign of the female emperor. This lively and fresh perspective on medieval China will amuse and shock readers, prompting them to recalibrate everything they think they know about medieval China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e N. Harry Rothschild\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1839993936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839993930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthem Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d","brand":"N. Harry Rothschild","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46618090930431,"sku":"9781839993930","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_24de5954-4f47-40ed-bad9-d16afb3350f6.jpg?v=1740069138","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-world-of-wu-zhao-n-harry-rothschild-9781839993930","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}