The origins of Chinese ideographs were not known until 1899 when a scholar went to an apothecary for some medicine made of "dragon bone". To his surprise the bone, which had not yet been ground into p...
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Depicts the imagined life of an ordinary person, Bing Wu, from the hardships of his earliest years on a rural farm to his retirement from a respected position in government service. b/w photos & illus...
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Depicts the imagined life of an ordinary person, Bing Wu, from the hardships of his earliest years on a rural farm to his retirement from a respected position in government service. b/w photos & illus...
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Sheds light on the conceptual background of the Han period (202BC-AD220), in which seminal Chinese ideas in religion, philosophy, science and politics were formulated....
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Shows how recent archaeological discoveries have enriched our perception of the cultural history of China in the Classical era. 123 b/w illus. 20 colour illus. 9 maps...
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The Cambridge History of Ancient China provides a survey of the institutional and cultural history of pre-imperial China. 222 b/w illus. 18 tables...
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An examination of the links between religion and statecraft and how they affected the concept of monarchy during the Han dynasty. 18 b/w illus....
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This volume begins the historical coverage of The Cambridge History of China with the Ch'in and Han empires. 17 maps 18 tables...
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An examination of the links between religion and statecraft and how they affected the concept of monarchy during the Han dynasty. 18 b/w illus....
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