Photo : Helen Pletts, 海伦·普莱茨 Cambridge 2024. ‘Night-Shining White’, the bilingual poetry of Helen Pletts & Ma Yongbo 马永波 , published by Pete Taylor, Open Shutter Press, due out in 2025.

They illustrate the grandeur of the imperial institution from the Qing Dynasty to the earlier Ming and Yuan dynasties, as well as Manchu traditions, and present evidence on the evolution of this ...