Early medieval China

Early medieval China: a sourcebook

by Campany, Robert Ford Choo, Jessey J. C. Lu, Yang Swartz, Wendy

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A rich and pathbreaking collection of materials that span the humanistic discipliines, this volume includes key texts that should not be omitted in a sourcebook of this kind as well as many that are available for the first time in English. Its thematic organization encourages new ways of thinking about the period that transcend traditional boundaries. The expert translations and extensive critical matter will make this an indispensable resource on early medieval China. -- Pauline Yu, President,…

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  • Full title :Early medieval China : a sourcebook / edited by Wendy Swartz, Robert Ford Campany, Yang Lu, and Jessey J.C. Choo.

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A rich and pathbreaking collection of materials that span the humanistic discipliines, this volume includes key texts that should not be omitted in a sourcebook of this kind as well as many that are available for the first time in English. Its thematic organization encourages new ways of thinking about the period that transcend traditional boundaries. The expert translations and extensive critical matter will make this an indispensable resource on early medieval China. -- Pauline Yu, President, American Council of Learned Societies.

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  • Publication Date:2014

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xxi, 720 pages ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780231159869, 0231159862, 9780231159876, 0231159870
  • oclc:ocn822971515
  • LC Classification:DS747.42
  • Dewey Decimal:931/.04

Table of Contents

Return to the north? : the debate on moving the capital back to Luoyang / Jessey J.C. Choo -- The disputation at Pengcheng : accounts from the Wei Shu and the Song Shu / Albert E. Dien -- Between imitation and mockery : the southern treatments of northern cultures / Jessey J.C. Choo -- Literary imagination of the north and south / Ping Wang -- Managing locality in early medieval China : evidence from Changsha / Yang Lu -- Classical scholarship in the Shu region : the case of Qiao Zhou / J. Michael Farmer -- Ranking men and assessing talent : Xiahou Xuan's response to an inquiry by Sima Yi / Timothy M. Davis -- On land and wealth : Liu Zishang's "petition on closing off mountains and lakes" and Yang Xi's "discussion on abolishing old regulations regarding mountains and marshes" / Charles Holcombe -- Crime and punishment : the case of Liu Hui in the Wei Shu / Jen-der Lee -- Marriage and social status : Shen Yue's "Impeaching Wang Yuan" / David R. Knechtges -- Religion and society on the Silk Road : the inscriptional evidence from Turfan / Huaiyu Chen -- The art of discourse : Xi Kang's "Sound is without sadness or joy" / Robert Ashmore -- Poetry on the mysterious : the writings of S…

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Subjects

221 B.C.-960 A.D China China -- Civilization -- 221 B.C.-960 A… China -- Intellectual life -- 221 B.C.-… Chine -- Civilisation -- 221 av. J.-C.-… Chine -- Vie intellectuelle -- 221 av. … Chinese literature Chinese literature -- History and criti… Civilization Criticism, interpretation, etc Intellectual life Intellektuellt liv -- historia Kina Kinesisk litteratur -- historia Kulturhistoria Littérature chinoise -- Histoire et cri…

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Campany, Robert Ford Choo, Jessey J. C. Lu, Yang Swartz, Wendy

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