In the shadow of the Han : literati thought and society at the beginning of the Southern dynasties /

Falling between the great unified empires of the Han and T'ang, the Period of Division (A.D. 220-589) is one of the most overlooked and least understood eras in Chinese history. At the start of the fourth century much of China's traditional heartland fell under the control of ethnic non-Ch...

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Huvudupphovsman: Holcombe, Charles, 1956-
Materialtyp: Licensed eBooks
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press ©1994.
Serie:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Länkar:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt6wqq2x
Innehållsförteckning:
  • 1. Introduction: Reimagining China
  • 2. Refugee State: A Brief Chronicle of the Eastern Chin
  • 3. The Socioeconomic Order
  • 4. The Institutional Machinery of Literati Ascendance
  • 5. Literati Culture
  • 6. "True Man": The Power of a Cultural Ideal
  • 7. Epilogue: Imperial Restoration.