Grand Canal, Great River: The Travel Diary of a Twelfth-century Chinese Poet
Author:   Philip Watson
Publisher:   Quarto Publishing PLC
ISBN:  

9780711227194


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 June 2007
Format:   Hardback
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Grand Canal, Great River: The Travel Diary of a Twelfth-century Chinese Poet


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Author:   Philip Watson
Publisher:   Quarto Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Frances Lincoln
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.800kg
ISBN:  

9780711227194


ISBN 10:   0711227195
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 June 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

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Philip Watson studied Chinese at Oxford and London, worked in the Painting and Calligraphy department of the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, and was briefly a lecturer in Chinese at Edinburgh University, before joining the British diplomatic service. His career, which included postings in Beijing and Hong Kong, culminated in responsibility for Asia, the Americas and Australasia. He was appointed CMG in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1999. Watson's current interest is translation from Classical Chinese of the eleventh and twelfth centuries.

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