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Representing Lives in China: Forms of Biography in the Ming-Qing Period 1368\u20131911\nby Ihor Pidhainy\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Ihor Pidhainy\nTitle: Representing Lives in China: Forms of Biography in the Ming-Qing Period 1368\u20131911\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Biography: historical, political and military\nPublisher: Cornell University Press\nPublication year: 2019\nISBN-13: 9781939161918\nISBN-10: 1939161916\nRRP: \u00A335.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nThe chapters in this ground-breaking volume examine the complex practices of biographical writing in Ming and Qing China. The authors draw on a rich variety of sources to answer some basic questions: Who were the writers of these texts and the subjects of their biographical constructions? What motiv.