|
|
|
|
|
The horse race: based on the ancient Chinese classic "Tian Ji's horse race" =: Shi ji / illustrated by Zhang Qiu ; calligraphy by Wang Lifu ; translated by Chen Xiao Bo and Mu Dan ; adapted by Ranjula Maskey, Shristi Shakya and James Entrikin.
Author:
Maskey, Ranjula.
Edition Statement:1 st illustrated ed.
Imprint:Lynden, WA ; Chicago, IL : J.M. Entrikin Pub. : Distributed by Independent Publishers Group, 2009.
Description28 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Note:This is a modern day adaptation of "Tian Ji's Horse Race," an allegorical tale first recorded by the historian Sima Qian. In the Chinese Kingdom of Qi, between 356 and 320 B.C., the king challenges a high ranking officer, Tian Ji, to a horse race. The competition highlights the issues of ethics and strategy that arise when a stronger opponent is pitted against a weaker one.
|
|
|
| Library |
Shelf Location |
Call Number |
Item Status |
| Curriculum Library | Curr. - Modern Lang. | Modern.Lang Pict.Fic M379ho 2009 | Available |
|
|
This item has been checked out 0 time(s)
and currently has 0 hold request(s).
|
|
| Related Searches |
|
Author:
|
| Maskey, Ranjula. |
|
Subject:
|
| Sima, Qian, ca. 145-ca 86 B.C. Shi ji. |
|
Subject:
|
| Horse racing -- China -- Juvenile fiction. | | Contests -- Juvenile fiction. | | Horse racing -- Fiction. | | Contests -- Fiction. | | China -- History -- Warring States, 403-221 B.C -- Juvenile fiction. | | China -- History -- Fiction. |
|
Contributor
|
| Shakya, Shristhi. | | Entrikin, James. | | Qui, Zhang, 1980- | | Lifu, Wang. | | Bo, Chen Xiao. | | Dan, Mu. | |
