CHINESE CIVILIZATION
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LITERATURE
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Literary Works
Confucius(B.C.551-479) BOOK OF SONGS (TWELFTH CENTURY B.C.E) Shi Naian(1296-1370) ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS(THIRTEENTH CENTURY) Gao Ming(1305-1370) LUTE (1367) Luo Guanzhong(1330-1400) ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS(FOURTTEENTH CENTURY) Wu Chengen(1500-1582) JOURNEY TO THE WEST(1592) Pu Songling(1640-1715) STRANGE STORIES FROM A CHINESE STUDIO(1766) Cao, Xueqin(1715-1763) DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER(1792) Liu E(1857-1909) TRAVELS OF LAO TS’AN (1904-1907) Lao, She(1899-1966) CAMEL XIANGZI(1936-1937) Gao Xingjian(1940- ) SOUL MOUNTAIN(1990) Jin, Ha(1956- ) WAITING(1999)- WAR TRASH(2004) CINEMA
CHINA Fei Mu (1906-1951) SPRING IN A SMALL TOWN (1948) Cai Chusheng(1906-1968) SPRING RIVER FLOWS EAST(1947) Jin Shan(1911-1982) STORM(1959) Zheng Junli(1911-1969) SPRING RIVER FLOWS EAST (1947)-CROWS AND SPARROWS(1949) Cui Wei(1912-1979) SONG OF YOUTH(1959) Sang Hu(1916-1995) WHITE-HAIRED GIRL (1950) Ling Zhifeng(1917-1999) DAUGHTERS OF CHINA(1949) Chen Huaiai(1920-1994) SONG OF YOUTH (1959) Xie Jin(1923-2008) STAGE SISTERS(1967)-HIBISCUS TOWN(1986) Kıng Hu(1932-1997) TOUCH OF ZEN, A(1971) Wang, Peter(1938- ) GREAT WALL, A(1986)-LASER MAN (1988) Tianming, Wu(1939-2014) THE KING OF MASKS(1996) Fei, Xie(1942- ) A MONGOLIAN TALE(1995) Hsu, Li-Kong(1943- ) FLEEING BY NIGHT(2000) Woo, John(1946- ) HARD TARGET(1993)-BROKEN ARROW(1996)-FACE/OFF(1997)-MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2(2000)-WINDTALKERS(2002)-PAYCHECK(2003) Chiang, John(1947- ) WRONG COUPLES, THE(1987) Hou Hsiao-Hsien(1947- ) DAUGHTER OF THE NILE(1987)-THE PUPPETMASTER (HSIMENG JENSHENG)(1993)-MILLENNIUM MAMBO(2001) Edward Yang (1947-2007) YI YI (2000)-A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (1991) Hou Hsiao-hsien (1947-) A CITY OF SADNESS (1989) Tan, Fred(1949-1990) ROUGE OF THE NORTH(1988) Hark, Tsui(1950- ) TWIN DRAGONS(1992)-DOUBLE TEAM(1997)-KNOCK OFF(1998)-TIME AND TIDE(2000) Zhang Yimou(1950- ) RED SORGHUM(1987)-JU DOU(1990)-RAISE THE RED LANTERN(1991)-STORY OF QIU JU (1992)-TO LIVE(1994)-THE ROAD HOME(1999)-HAPPY TIMES(2000)- HERO(2002) Shin, Stephen(1951- ) BLACK CAT(1991) Chen Kaige(1952- ) KING OF THE CHIIDREN(1987)-LIFE ON A STRING(1991)-FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE(1993) Choy, Christine(1952- ) WHO KILLED VINCENT CHIN(1987) Hung, Samo(1952- ) MR. NICE GUY(1997) Kaige, Chen(1952- ) TEMPTRESS MOON(1996)-HAPPY TOGETHER(1997)-TOGETHER(2002) Wu Ziniu(1952- ) LAST DAY OF WINTER (1986) Zhuangzhuang, Tian(1952- ) THE BLUE KITE(1993) Chen Kaige (1952-) FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE ( 1993) Chen Sıu-Tung(1953- ) CHINESE GHOST STORY II, A(1990)-CHINESE GHOST STORY III, A(1991) Siu-Tung, Ching(1953- ) THE EAST IS RED (SWORDSMAN III)(1993) Sijie, Dai(1954- ) CHINA, MY SORROW(1989) Xiaowen, Zhou(1954- ) THE EMPEROR’S SHADOW(1996) Ang Lee (1954-) EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN (1994)-CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2000) Yang Feng-Liang(1955- ) JU DOU(1990) Kar-Wai, Wong(1958- ) AS TEARS GO BY (1988)-DAYS OF BEING WILD (1990)-CHUNGKING EXPRESS (1994)-FALLEN ANGELS (1995)-HAPPY TOGETHER (1997)-IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE(2001)-2046 (2004)- HAND (2004)-MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS (2007)-ASHES OF TIME REDUX(2008)-GRANDMASTER (2013) Chen, Joan(1961- ) XIU XIU, THE SENT DOWN GIRL(1998)-AUTUMN IN NEW YORK(2000) Jiang Wen (1963-) IN THE HEAT OF THE SUN (1994) Wang, Xiaoshuai(1966- ) BEIJING BICYCLE(2001) Yang, Zhang(1967- ) THE SHOWER(1999)-QUITTING(2001) Jia, Zhang-Ke(1970- ) PLATFORM(2002) Lo, Chi Muoi(1976- ) CATFISH IN BLACK BEAN SAUCE(2000) Chan, Tony COMBINATION PLATTER(1993) Luo Tai and Wang Jiayi BUS NUMBER THREE(1980) Tyler, Kim-Chi CHAC(1999)
HONG KONG Taek, Im Kwon(1936- ) CHUNHYANG(2000)-CHIHWASEON:PAıNTED FIRE(2002) Fong, Allen(1947- ) FATHER AND SON(1981) Hui, Ann(1947- ) STORY OF WU VIET(1981)-ROMANCE OF BOOK AND SWORD (1987) Lee, Raymond(1949- ) THE EAST IS RED (SWORDSMAN III)(1993) Wong, Che-Kirk(1949- ) THE BIG HIT(1998) Yu, Ronny(1950- ) BRIDE WITH WHITE HAIR(1993)-WARRIORS OF VIRTUE(1997)-BRIDE OF CHUCKY(1998)-FORMULA 51(2001)-FREDDY VS. JASON(2003) Yuen, Corey(1951- ) NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER(1986)-NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER II(1987) Chan, Jackie(1954- ) OPERATION CONDOR(1991) Lam, Ringo(1955-2018) TWIN DRAGONS(1992)-MAXIMUM RISK(1996) Kwan, Stanley(1957- ) LAN YU(2001) Law, Clara(1957- ) THE GODDESS OF 1967(2000) Wong, James(1959- ) FINAL DESTINATION(2000)-THE ONE(2001) Chan, Gordon(1960- ) THE MEDALLION(2003) Lee, Daniel(1960- ) THE BLACK MASK(1996) Tong, Stanley(1960- ) SUPERCOP(1992)-RUMBLE IN THE BRONX(1995)-JACKIE CHAN’S FIRST STRIKE(1996)-MR. MAGOO(1997) Chan, Peter Ho-Sun(1962- ) THE LOVE LETTER(1999) Yung Chi-Chung FATHER AND SON(1981) Zen, Rachel CREAM SODA AND MILK(1981)
TAIWAN Hata, Masami(1942- ) LITTLE NEMO: ADVENTURES IN SLUMBERLAND(1989) Yin, Chi(1950- ) FLEEING BY NIGHT(2000) Lee, Ang(1954- ) WEDDING BANQUET (1993)-EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN(1994)-THE ICE STORM(1997)-RIDE WITH THE DEVIL(1999)-CROUCHING TıGER, HIDDEN DRAGON(2000)-HULK(2003) Tsai, Ming-Liang(1957- ) THE RIVER(1997)-WHAT TIME IS IT THERE (2001)
Confucius(B.C.551-479) BOOK OF SONGS (TWELFTH CENTURY B.C.E) Shi Naian(1296-1370) ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS(THIRTEENTH CENTURY) Gao Ming(1305-1370) LUTE (1367) Luo Guanzhong(1330-1400) ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS(FOURTTEENTH CENTURY) Wu Chengen(1500-1582) JOURNEY TO THE WEST(1592) Pu Songling(1640-1715) STRANGE STORIES FROM A CHINESE STUDIO(1766) Cao, Xueqin(1715-1763) DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER(1792) Liu E(1857-1909) TRAVELS OF LAO TS’AN (1904-1907) Lao, She(1899-1966) CAMEL XIANGZI(1936-1937) Gao Xingjian(1940- ) SOUL MOUNTAIN(1990) Jin, Ha(1956- ) WAITING(1999)- WAR TRASH(2004) CINEMA
CHINA Fei Mu (1906-1951) SPRING IN A SMALL TOWN (1948) Cai Chusheng(1906-1968) SPRING RIVER FLOWS EAST(1947) Jin Shan(1911-1982) STORM(1959) Zheng Junli(1911-1969) SPRING RIVER FLOWS EAST (1947)-CROWS AND SPARROWS(1949) Cui Wei(1912-1979) SONG OF YOUTH(1959) Sang Hu(1916-1995) WHITE-HAIRED GIRL (1950) Ling Zhifeng(1917-1999) DAUGHTERS OF CHINA(1949) Chen Huaiai(1920-1994) SONG OF YOUTH (1959) Xie Jin(1923-2008) STAGE SISTERS(1967)-HIBISCUS TOWN(1986) Kıng Hu(1932-1997) TOUCH OF ZEN, A(1971) Wang, Peter(1938- ) GREAT WALL, A(1986)-LASER MAN (1988) Tianming, Wu(1939-2014) THE KING OF MASKS(1996) Fei, Xie(1942- ) A MONGOLIAN TALE(1995) Hsu, Li-Kong(1943- ) FLEEING BY NIGHT(2000) Woo, John(1946- ) HARD TARGET(1993)-BROKEN ARROW(1996)-FACE/OFF(1997)-MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2(2000)-WINDTALKERS(2002)-PAYCHECK(2003) Chiang, John(1947- ) WRONG COUPLES, THE(1987) Hou Hsiao-Hsien(1947- ) DAUGHTER OF THE NILE(1987)-THE PUPPETMASTER (HSIMENG JENSHENG)(1993)-MILLENNIUM MAMBO(2001) Edward Yang (1947-2007) YI YI (2000)-A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (1991) Hou Hsiao-hsien (1947-) A CITY OF SADNESS (1989) Tan, Fred(1949-1990) ROUGE OF THE NORTH(1988) Hark, Tsui(1950- ) TWIN DRAGONS(1992)-DOUBLE TEAM(1997)-KNOCK OFF(1998)-TIME AND TIDE(2000) Zhang Yimou(1950- ) RED SORGHUM(1987)-JU DOU(1990)-RAISE THE RED LANTERN(1991)-STORY OF QIU JU (1992)-TO LIVE(1994)-THE ROAD HOME(1999)-HAPPY TIMES(2000)- HERO(2002) Shin, Stephen(1951- ) BLACK CAT(1991) Chen Kaige(1952- ) KING OF THE CHIIDREN(1987)-LIFE ON A STRING(1991)-FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE(1993) Choy, Christine(1952- ) WHO KILLED VINCENT CHIN(1987) Hung, Samo(1952- ) MR. NICE GUY(1997) Kaige, Chen(1952- ) TEMPTRESS MOON(1996)-HAPPY TOGETHER(1997)-TOGETHER(2002) Wu Ziniu(1952- ) LAST DAY OF WINTER (1986) Zhuangzhuang, Tian(1952- ) THE BLUE KITE(1993) Chen Kaige (1952-) FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE ( 1993) Chen Sıu-Tung(1953- ) CHINESE GHOST STORY II, A(1990)-CHINESE GHOST STORY III, A(1991) Siu-Tung, Ching(1953- ) THE EAST IS RED (SWORDSMAN III)(1993) Sijie, Dai(1954- ) CHINA, MY SORROW(1989) Xiaowen, Zhou(1954- ) THE EMPEROR’S SHADOW(1996) Ang Lee (1954-) EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN (1994)-CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2000) Yang Feng-Liang(1955- ) JU DOU(1990) Kar-Wai, Wong(1958- ) AS TEARS GO BY (1988)-DAYS OF BEING WILD (1990)-CHUNGKING EXPRESS (1994)-FALLEN ANGELS (1995)-HAPPY TOGETHER (1997)-IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE(2001)-2046 (2004)- HAND (2004)-MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS (2007)-ASHES OF TIME REDUX(2008)-GRANDMASTER (2013) Chen, Joan(1961- ) XIU XIU, THE SENT DOWN GIRL(1998)-AUTUMN IN NEW YORK(2000) Jiang Wen (1963-) IN THE HEAT OF THE SUN (1994) Wang, Xiaoshuai(1966- ) BEIJING BICYCLE(2001) Yang, Zhang(1967- ) THE SHOWER(1999)-QUITTING(2001) Jia, Zhang-Ke(1970- ) PLATFORM(2002) Lo, Chi Muoi(1976- ) CATFISH IN BLACK BEAN SAUCE(2000) Chan, Tony COMBINATION PLATTER(1993) Luo Tai and Wang Jiayi BUS NUMBER THREE(1980) Tyler, Kim-Chi CHAC(1999)
HONG KONG Taek, Im Kwon(1936- ) CHUNHYANG(2000)-CHIHWASEON:PAıNTED FIRE(2002) Fong, Allen(1947- ) FATHER AND SON(1981) Hui, Ann(1947- ) STORY OF WU VIET(1981)-ROMANCE OF BOOK AND SWORD (1987) Lee, Raymond(1949- ) THE EAST IS RED (SWORDSMAN III)(1993) Wong, Che-Kirk(1949- ) THE BIG HIT(1998) Yu, Ronny(1950- ) BRIDE WITH WHITE HAIR(1993)-WARRIORS OF VIRTUE(1997)-BRIDE OF CHUCKY(1998)-FORMULA 51(2001)-FREDDY VS. JASON(2003) Yuen, Corey(1951- ) NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER(1986)-NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER II(1987) Chan, Jackie(1954- ) OPERATION CONDOR(1991) Lam, Ringo(1955-2018) TWIN DRAGONS(1992)-MAXIMUM RISK(1996) Kwan, Stanley(1957- ) LAN YU(2001) Law, Clara(1957- ) THE GODDESS OF 1967(2000) Wong, James(1959- ) FINAL DESTINATION(2000)-THE ONE(2001) Chan, Gordon(1960- ) THE MEDALLION(2003) Lee, Daniel(1960- ) THE BLACK MASK(1996) Tong, Stanley(1960- ) SUPERCOP(1992)-RUMBLE IN THE BRONX(1995)-JACKIE CHAN’S FIRST STRIKE(1996)-MR. MAGOO(1997) Chan, Peter Ho-Sun(1962- ) THE LOVE LETTER(1999) Yung Chi-Chung FATHER AND SON(1981) Zen, Rachel CREAM SODA AND MILK(1981)
TAIWAN Hata, Masami(1942- ) LITTLE NEMO: ADVENTURES IN SLUMBERLAND(1989) Yin, Chi(1950- ) FLEEING BY NIGHT(2000) Lee, Ang(1954- ) WEDDING BANQUET (1993)-EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN(1994)-THE ICE STORM(1997)-RIDE WITH THE DEVIL(1999)-CROUCHING TıGER, HIDDEN DRAGON(2000)-HULK(2003) Tsai, Ming-Liang(1957- ) THE RIVER(1997)-WHAT TIME IS IT THERE (2001)