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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
China's cosmopolitan empire: the Tang dynasty
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China's cosmopolitan empire: the Tang dynasty
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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 …
Women in Tang China
by Hinsch, Bret
fromAsian voices: an Asia/Pacific/perspectives series
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"This important book provides the first comprehensive survey of women in China during the Sui and Tang dynasties from the sixth through tenth centuries CE. Bret Hinsch provides rich insight into female life in the medieval era, ranging from political power, wealth, and work to f…
Mingzong (r. 926-933) was the most illustrious emperor of the Five Dynasties, and one of the most admired of China's middle period, the Tang to Song. A warrior of Shatuo-Turk ancestry, he ascended the throne of the Later Tang on the heels of a mutiny against his adopted brother,…
Dancing with the horse riders: The Tang, the Turks, and the Uighurs -- Restoring lost glory in Korea: China, Koguryŏ, Silla, Paekche, and Parhae -- Rearing a tiger in the backyard: China and the Nanzhao Kingdom -- Contesting the western regions and the high grasslands: China and…