Ts'ao Yin and the K'ang - his Emperor Bondservant and Master: Bondservant and Master, Second Edition: 0085 (Yale Historical Publications Series)

by Jonathan D. Spence (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  1988

  $38.28

  In this highly praised book, Jonathan D. Spence recounts the story of Ts'ao Yin, hereditary bond-servant to the Manchu emperors. Ts'ao Yin, whose great-grandfather was captured and enslaved by the Manchus and whose descendant wrote Dream of the Red Chamber, China's most famous novel, becomes the focal point of a fascinating study that shed important light on the social and political life of the early Manchu period.