It is arguably the most widely read historical novel in late imperial and modern China.
When she picked up the heavy tea mug, she could have been handling the imperial china.
The title refers to the scholar-bureaucrats of imperial China.
In imperial China and later, the unit was used for a measure equivalent to 100 catties.
Many designs that were enjoyed with the upper classes of imperial China became common even in everyday art.
The puppets and sets are significantly different from the previous film, given the setting in an idealized imperial China.
The building of railways had profound effect on the society and politics of late imperial China.
One tells the tale of a couple that lived a very poor life, in imperial China.
By late imperial China, sons of merchants used their money to buy an education and enter the civil service.
The abolition of imperial China in 1912 had an immediate effect on dress and customs.