Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Biographies and Portraits
三才圖會(二十三)
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No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
The 'Sancai Tuhui' (1609) is a monumental Ming Dynasty encyclopedia consisting of 106 chapters. Extensive searches in scholarly catalogs, including the UNESCO Index Translationum and Open Library, confirm that no English translation of the complete work or the specific 'Biographies and Portraits' (Renwu) section has ever been published. While fragments and illustrations are frequently reproduced and discussed in sinological studies (e.g., by Craig Clunas or in the 'Dictionary of Ming Biography'), these do not constitute a translation of the book itself.
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Step into a visual archive of power where woodcut portraits and genealogical charts trace the rise and fall of China's most iconic rulers. From the blood-soaked coups of the Five Dynasties to the founding of the Ming, this volume reveals how the 'Mandate of Heaven' was claimed, lost, and immortalized.
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