TY  - GEN
T1  - Forming the early Chinese court : rituals, spaces, roles
A1  - Habberstad, Luke
LA  - English
PP  - Seattle
PB  - University of Washington Press
YR  - 2018
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1013526649
AB  - Forming the Early Chinese Court builds on new directions in comparative studies of royal courts in the ancient world to present a pioneering study of early Chinese court culture. Rejecting divides between literary, political, and administrative texts, Luke Habberstad examines sources from the Qin, Western Han, and Xin periods (221 BCE-23 CE) for insights into court society and ritual, rank, the development of the bureaucracy, and the role of the emperor. These diverse sources show that a large, but not necessarily cohesive, body of courtiers drove the consolidation, distribution, and representation of power in court institutions. Forming the Early Chinese Court encourages us to see China's imperial unification as a surprisingly idiosyncratic process that allowed different actors to stake claims in a world of increasing population, wealth, and power.
CN  - DS747.42
SN  - 9780295742403
SN  - 0295742402
SN  - 9780295742397
KW  - Courts and courtiers : China : History : To 1500.
KW  - China : Social life and customs : 221 B.C.-960 A.D.
KW  - China : History : Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C.
KW  - China : History : Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
KW  - Chine : Mœurs et coutumes : 221 av. J.-C.-960.
KW  - Chine : Histoire : 221-207 av. J.-C. (Dynastie des Qin)
KW  - Chine : Histoire : 202 av. J.-C.-220 (Dynastie des Han)
KW  - HISTORY : Asia : China.
KW  - Courts and courtiers
KW  - Han Dynasty (China)
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - Qin Dynasty (China)
KW  - China
KW  - To 1500
KW  - History
ER  -