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Informationen zum Autor Zhang Daye (b. 1854) is known only as the author of The World of a Tiny Insect . Xiaofei Tian is professor of Chinese literature at Harvard University. Among her recent publications is Visionary Journeys: Travel Writings from Early Medieval and Nineteenth-Century China. Klappentext Zhang Daye (b. 1854) is known only as the author of The World of a Tiny Insect . Xiaofei Tian is professor of Chinese literature at Harvard University. Among her recent publications is Visionary Journeys: Travel Writings from Early Medieval and Nineteenth-Century China. "The author and narrator recounts his terrible experiences and miraculous survivals with a child's curiosity and in a vivid, straightforward way. But he also embeds what happened to him in a larger historical, philosophical, moral, and aesthetic context. No comparable primary source available in English does anything like this for the Taiping Rebellion." --Judith Zeitlin, University of Chicago In 1861, when China's devastating Taiping rebellion began, the author was seven years old. The Taiping rebel army occupied Shaoxing, his hometown, and for the next two years, he hid from Taiping soldiers, local bandits, and imperial troops and witnessed gruesome scenes of violence and death. This book tells his story. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Map of Author's Travels Translator's Introduction Preface by Zhang Daye Part 1 "Trip to Tiantai" An Account of Taizhou Prefecture The Six Counties of Taizhou The "One-Headed Woman" at Huangyan Ten Poems on Xianju The Birds of Xianju Part 2 Birth and Early Childhood On the Run: 1861-1863 "Flames of War," Ghost Troops, and Other Strange Happenings Epidemic, Greed, and the Woman Dismembered at Lu's Dyke The Occupation of Shaoxing and Its Aftermath Edible Flora and Fauna The Pleasures and Horrors of Childhood Narrow Escapes on Water Reunion with Father and Father's Death ...
