In the Shadow of the Han : : Literati Thought and Society at the Beginning of the Southern Dynasties / / Charles Holcombe.

Charles Holcombe's study of the society and thought of the Eastern Jin (318-420) elite is a valuable addition to what has . . . been a rather thin English-language literature on early medieval history. In the Shadow of the Han makes a compelling case . that the 'period of disunity' be...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [1994]
©1994
Year of Publication:1994
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (254 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction: Reimagining China
  • 2 Refugee State: A Brief Chronicle of the Eastern Chin
  • The Socioeconomic Order
  • 4 The Institutional Machinery of Literati Ascendance
  • 5 Literati Culture
  • 6 “True Man”: The Power of a Cultural Ideal
  • 7 Epilogue: Imperial Restoration
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR