Early Chinese Empires. Qin and Han, Paperback - Mark Edward Lewis

In 221 BC the First Emperor of Qin unified what would become the heart of a Chinese empire whose major features would endure for two millennia. In ...

Shedding new light on the history of the early Chinese empires, Mark Edward Lewis explores the evolution of ideas about honor and shame. He shows t...

After the collapse of the Han dynasty, China divided along a north-south line. Lewis traces the changes that underlay and resulted from this split ...

Contributor(s): Author: Mark Edward LewisEditor: Timothy BrookThe Tang dynasty is often called China's "golden age, " a period of commercial, relig...

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Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.Number of pages: 96Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 203 x 127 x 7Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Mich...

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Publisher: Cypress Book Co. UK LtdAuthor(s): Han YoupingNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2007Dimensions: 287 x 213 x 16Cover type: Paperback /...

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Examines how ancient Greeks, Romans, and Chinese constructed a civilized sense of Self and a 'barbarian' Other, and how these notions held up in cr...

This study examines the changing role of Tibetan Buddhism among Han Chinese in contemporary China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It analyzes how Tibetan B...

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Jurisdictional accumulation reveals varieties of early modern extraterritorial practices and how consuls, ambassadors, merchants and lawyers drove ...

First full-scale account of the use of the Arthurian legend in the long twelfth century.Illustrations: 1 Line drawings, black and white

Rongbin Han offers a powerful counterintuitive explanation for China's survival in the digital age. Han reveals how the state, service providers, a...

Istoriografia chineza moderna este o mostenitoare a unei traditii indelungate ce debuteaza in antichitate si culmineaza cu sinteza metodologica de ...

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From the recovery of ancient ritual magic at the height of the Renaissance to the ignominious demise of alchemy at the dawn of the Enlightenment, M...

Reducere. ''The unparallelled master of the historical saga returns, this time, with an eye on China. Beginning with the First Opium War in 1839 and continui...

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The modern imagination of classical Chinese thought has long been dominated by Confucius, Mozi, Mencius, and other "Masters" of the Warring States ...

Reducere. The Revised Edition of A Source Book of Ancient Chinese Bronze Inscriptions offers English translations and commentary on over eighty-two important...