【圖書簡介】 Standing on the city walls of Yuan Dynasty Dadu，Marco Polo was lost in admiration and wonder. Within the high walls and deep courtyards of the princely residences， many conspiracies were hatched. The lanes of the city might be stepped on by the imperial wedding procession. And then there were the hap-penings within that famous imperial palace - the For-bidden City - where emperors and concubines lived lives of luxury， where crises hid under splendor， am-bition couched beneath respect， where much evil happened， but where everlasting love was also born. This city and its buildings - its palaces， gardens，temples and imperial tombs - silently tell a host of tales of emperors and their empresses.
【本書目錄】 Preface Palace Struggles for the Dragon Throne Grand Ceremonies Imperial Sacrificial Rituals How the Emperors Lived Emperors and Their Studies Emperors and Their Follies Foreign Friends of Emperors Conspiracies and Love in the Imperial Harem Empress Dowagers Gardens in the Forbidden City -Concubine Playgrounds The Summer Palace - Palace of the Empress Tongues of Fire Licking the Garden of Gardens Causes of Emperors' Death Imperial Tombs
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