Cover -- State Power in China, 900-1325 -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations Used in the Notes -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Ruling House -- 1 Invoking Higher Authorities: Song Taizong's Quest for Imperial Legitimacy and Its Architectural Legacy…
"This collection provides new ways to understand how state power was exercised during the overlapping Liao, Song, Jin, and Yuan dynasties. Through a set of case studies, it examines large questions concerning dynastic legitimacy, factional strife, the relationship between the li…
