On Mar 8, 2006, at 11:00 PM, Dr. Core wrote:
And even if Wu had allied with Li they probably could not repel the
Manchu who had been preparing for the invasion for three decades.
Pinning the whole blame on one jealous general is great for jingoistic
operas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Yuanyuan) but has almost
nothing to do with reality. In fact some even describe the concubine
story as legend
(http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%B3%E4%B8%89%E6%A1%82). For
something more reliable than Wikipedia, in Jonathan D. Spence's 870+
page book "The Search for Modern China", he used the phrase
"according to popular tales" in the account of the concubine (p. 33).
I've become intrigued by Chinese history and wanting references to GOOD
books on it. (Adds this to Amazon wish list.)
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