Imagine that you found 'dragon bones' once used to predict the future, or wrote a poem in the Book of Songs, o
241 37 247KB
English Year 2011
Report DMCA / Copyright
DOWNLOAD FILE
Chinese and Greek ethics remain influential in modern philosophy, yet it is unclear how they can be compared to one anot
228 121 4MB Read more
In early imperial China, the dead were remembered by stereotyping them, by relating them to the existing public memory a
976 149 14MB Read more
Tian, or Heaven, had multiple meanings in early China. It had been used since the Western Zhou to indicate both the sky
863 129 30MB Read more
This book provides new insight into the creation of the Chinese empire by examining the changing forms of permitted viol
116 26 77MB Read more
This monograph examines interpreters in early imperial China and their roles in the making of archival records about for
686 33 1MB Read more
This important study provides the only comprehensive survey of Chinese women during the early medieval period of disunio
231 41 7MB Read more
For modern people, ghost stories are no more than thrilling entertainment. For those living in antiquity, ghosts were fa
107 61 5MB Read more
An inkstone, a piece of polished stone no bigger than an outstretched hand, is an instrument for grinding ink, an object
1,414 115 17MB Read more
"Glimpses of Contemporary China Series tells stories of ordinary Chinese people’s daily lives, and displays differe
680 60 2MB Read more
273 24 331KB Read more