From the fall of the Han dynasty at the turn of the third century to the eventual reunification of the country under the Sui at the turn of the seventh century, China experienced a tumultuous and fascinating political and cultural history. The political fragmentation that occurr…
"The integration of foreign motifs and styles with the traditional arts of China is the focus of this catalogue and the landmark exhibition that it accompanies, "China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD," held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibition compromises some thr…
"The integration of foreign motifs and styles with the traditional arts of China is the focus of this catalogue and the landmark exhibition that it accompanies, "China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD," held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibition compromises some thr…
Provides poems by the three greatest poetesses of the Tang dynasty, China's golden age. One of them, a slave and a courtesan, matched wits with some of the greatest poets of the time. Another one, a Taoist sister, was executed by imperial order for her outspoken criticism of gov…
Sui-Tang China and Its Turko-Mongol Neighbors challenges readers to reconsider China's relations with the rest of Eurasia. Investigating interstate competition and cooperation between the successive Sui and Tang dynasties and Turkic states of Mongolia from 580 to 800, Jonathan S…
"This book examines the exotics imported into China during the Tang Dynasty and depicts their influence on Chinese life."--Page 4 of cover.
"This book examines the exotics imported into China during the Tang Dynasty and depicts their influence on Chinese life."--Page 4 of cover
"This study aims to engage the textual realities of medieval literature by shedding light on the material lives of poems during the Tang, from their initial oral or written instantiation through their often lengthy and twisted paths of circulation"--Provided by publisher
The Tang dynasty is often called China's "golden age," a period of commercial, religious, and cultural connections from Korea and Japan to the Persian Gulf, and a time of unsurpassed literary creativity. The author captures a dynamic era in which the empire reached its greatest …
