Title: Lady Wu (English Edition by Lin Yutang)
Author: Lin Yutang
ISBN: 9787560081366
Language: English
Publishing Date: 2009-08
Publisher: Foreign Language Teaching & Researching Press
Cover: P Page: 254 Format: 32mo
Content:
Astute，with an intuitive political skill，she planned her moves，markedher victims and bided her time．ThiS much must be said for her：she knew hermen．When her new Jou Dynasty was established，all her executioners werekilled within a year after having served their purpose during the terror；sheremembered all the good men she had banished，and recalled them to power．She was able to rule the country in peace for fifteen years．There were nolonger frame-ups；one heard no more of alarms of conspiracies and rebellions．Toward the end of her reign，law and justice recovered their ancient dignity．Ironically，it was in this very period of outspoken ministers and honest，courageous judges that the seeds of her ruin were sown． How does one write of one'S grandmother if she was a whore and amurderess?This question came up the other day when my Cousin Chiu，DukeofYing，and I had a hunting dinner at the Tsuiwei Palace and I told him that1 was starting these memoirs．Chiu is the son of Uncle Prince Suchiay；myfather was Prince Shien，at one time Co-regent．Both of US are among thefortunate SUrvjvors of Grandmother’S bloodbaths．
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About the Author:
Lin Yutang (October 10, 1895 – March 26, 1976) was a Chinese writer and inventor. His informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made him one of the most influential writers of his generation, and his compilations and translations of classic Chinese texts into English were bestsellers in the West.
This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 03 March, 2010.
