| Description |
xxiii, 630 pages,16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (color) , maps ; 26 cm |
| Series |
University of Cambridge Oriental publications ; 67 |
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University of Cambridge oriental publications ; 67
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| Contents |
Introduction / Michael Nylan and Michael Loewe -- Archaeology. Han Dynasty tomb structures and contents / Susan N. Erickson Two Eastern Han sites Dahuting and Houshiguo / Michèle Pirazzoli-t'Serstevens Excavated manuscripts context and methodology / Enno Giele The archaeology of the outlying lands / Susan N. Erickson, Yi Sŏng-mi, and Michael Nylan Urbanism / Michèle Pirazzoli-t'Serstevens The Eternal City and the City of Eternal Peace / T. Corey Brennan and Hsing I-tien Appendix major sources for Chang'an Imperial tombs / Michael Loewe Appendix tombs of the Han emperors Archaeology in China a view from outside Anthony Snodgrass -- Administration. The laws of 186 BCE / Michael Loewe Appendix legal documents Administration of the family (Qihuai bisi) / Michael Nylan Appendix on the sources Social distinctions, groups and privileges / Michael Loewe The operation of the government / Michael Loewe -- Technical arts. Numbers, numeracy and the cosmos / Christopher Cullen Appendix nine canons Divination and astrology received texts and excavated manuscripts / Marc Kalinowski Appendix writings related to divination Appendix mantic practitioners Manuscripts, received texts and the healing arts / Vivienne Lo and Li Jianmin Appendix early evidence of the healing arts Yin-yang, five phases and qi / Michael Nylan Appendix correlative cosmology Religious practices in Qin and Han / Roel Sterckx Religious change under Eastern Han and its successors some current perspectives and problems / T. H. Barrett Appendix four problematic texts in the history of Daoism Appendix post-Han extra-canonical sources -- Modes of Persuasion. The techniques of persuasion and the rhetoric of disorder (Luan) in late Zhanguo and Western Han texts / Geoffery Lloyd Texts and authors in the Shiji / Griet Vankeerberghen Tropes of music and poetry from Wudi (r. 141-87 BCE) to ca. 100 CE / Martin Kern The art of persuasion from 100 BCE to 100 CE / Michael Nylan Prose and authority 100-300 CE / David Schaberg Literary criticism and personal character in poetry ca. 100-300 CE / Paul W. Kroll |
| Summary |
In recent decides archaeological discoveries, including manuscripts, have shed new fight on the history of China. For example, they make possible a wider and deeper account of the growth of cities and of the spread of chinese influence over distant areas. This book, with a focus on Qiti and Has (221 BCE-220 CE) as seen within the classical era, provides the first comprehensive survey of these developments and evaluates the newly found evidence in the light of earlier conclusions and the research of scholars in China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Europe and America. Through cross-cultural comparisons, as well as through close study of both the excavated and received literature, new conclusions are presented with respect to relatively understand topics, such as gender, history of science and modes of persuasion. The volume also challenges the "common wisdom" in such established fields as Buddhism, Daoism, legal studies and social history. Thus the volume provides an effective supplement to Volume 1 of The Cambridge History of China published in 1986, and shows how subsequent archaeology has widened and enriched our perception of China's history in this period. --Book Jacket |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 534-590) and index |
| SUBJECT |
China -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023988
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China -- History -- Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024043
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China -- History -- Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024040
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| Author |
Loewe, Michael.
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Nylan, Michael.
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| LC no. |
2011378715 |
| ISBN |
0521852978 (hbk.) |
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9780521852975 (hbk.) |
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