Song Teng Zhongjiegong Shi Jin Ben Mo Chronological Account Of The Loyal And Upright Lord Teng Of

by Lian Song

$850 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

One illus. 21 folding leaves. Small 8vo, orig. wrappers a little worn , orig. stitching. China : Baoshan Teng shi 寶山滕氏, 1935. The record of an ill-fated diplomatic mission in the 12th century, when the Song dynasty existed in a geopolitical context in which it faced states as powerful as itself on its northern border. This was a time of “China among equals.” The Chinese Song could no longer realistically claim to be a universal empire but

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