Mountain of Fame: Portraits in Chinese History

Through biographies of China's most colorful and famous personalities, John Wills displays the five-thousand-year sweep of Chinese history from the legendary sage emperors to the tragedy of Tiananmen Square. This unique introduction to Chinese history and culture uses more than twenty exemplary lives—biographies of China's most colorful and famous personalities—including those of statesmen, philosophers, poets, and rulers, to provide the focus for accounts of key historical trends and perio...