The Heavenly Horses of Ferghana
Why did the Chinese Emperor Wu send a military expedition to Ta Yüan in 102 BC to capture the ‘Heavenly Horses’?
Arthur Waley
A Chinese Poet in Central Asia
Ts’ên Shên was one of the celebrated poets of the T’ang dynasty. Here, Arthur Waley explores his body of work and the tumultuous career that propelled it.
Anquetil-Duperron and Sir William Jones
Arthur Waley on the pioneering French explorer and early scholar of Indian culture.
The Fall of Lo-Yang
Arthur Waley profiles life and ideas in the 3rd century Chinese capital at the time of its capture and destruction by Huns.
Life under the Han Dynasty
Arthur Waley describes Chinese civilization in the first and second centuries AD.