Greenwood Press Daily Life Through Histo Daily Life in Traditional China: The Tang Dynasty, (Hardcover)

from jonfaith

An Arab merchant in the late Tang did not think much of Chinese cleanliness, observing that they did not wash their hands after using the privy, but merely wiped themselves with paper. Clearly, the people that he encountered were not among the most sophisticated.The choice of such a vulgar epigra...

from jonfaith

An Arab merchant in the late Tang did not think much of Chinese cleanliness, observing that they did not wash their hands after using the privy, but merely wiped themselves with paper. Clearly, the people that he encountered were not among the most sophisticated.The choice of such a vulgar epigra...

from hemlockclock

One of the text books used in my Mediaeval Chinese History course. I loved the way it described little things like the way the women wore their make up (and the canges in the styles) along with adding little anecdotes about the customs. I learned a lot and kept the book after the class was over.

from kevn57

Interesting look at the daily life of a fascinating period of Chinese history, this is the China I think of when watching the great Wuxia movies I love so much.