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• Title:Early medieval China : a sourcebook / edited by Wendy Swartz, Robert Ford Campany, Yang Lu, and Jessey J. C. Choo.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Swartz, Wendy, 1972- contributor, editor.
  Campany, Robert Ford, 1959- contributor, editor.
  Lu, Yang, 1965- contributor, editor.
  Choo, Jessey J. C., 1973- contributor, editor.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Columbia University Press, 2014.
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: DS747.42 .E37 2014
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Chinese literature--220-589--History and criticism.
  China--Civilization--221 B.C.-960 A.D.
  China--Intellectual life--221 B.C.-960 A.D.
  
• Description:xxi, 720 pages ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:A rich and pathbreaking collection of materials that span the humanistic discipliines, this volume includes key texts that should not be omitted in a sourcebook of this kind as well as many that are available for the first time in English. Its thematic organization encourages new ways of thinking about the period that transcend traditional boundaries. The expert translations and extensive critical matter will make this an indispensable resource on early medieval China. -- Pauline Yu, President, American Council of Learned Societies.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780231159869 (hardcover : cloth : alk. paper)
  0231159862 (hardcover : cloth : alk. paper)
  9780231159876 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  0231159870 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  9780231531009 (e-book)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I North and the South / Jessey J. C. Choo
  1. Return to the North? The Debate on Moving the Capital Back to Luoyang / Jessey J. C. Choo
  2. Disputation at Pengcheng: Accounts from the Wei shu and the Song shu / Albert E. Dien
  3. Between Imitation and Mockery: The Southern Treatments of Northern Cultures / Jessey J. C. Choo
  4. Literary Imagination of the North and South / Ping Wang
  pt. II Governing Mechanisms and Social Reality / Yang Lu
  5. Managing Locality in Early Medieval China: Evidence from Changsha / Yang Lu
  6. Classical Scholarship in the Shu Region: The Case of Qiao Zhou / J. Michael Farmer
  7. Ranking Men and Assessing Talent: Xiahou Xuan's Response to an Inquiry by Sima Yi / Timothy M. Davis
  8. On Land and Wealth: Liu Zishang's "Petition on Closing Off Mountains and Lakes" and Yang Xi's "Discussion on Abolishing Old Regulations Regarding Mountains and Marshes" / Charles Holcombe
  9. Crime and Punishment: The Case of Liu Hui in the Wei shu / Jen-der Lee
  10. Marriage and Social Status: Shen Yue's "Impeaching Wang Yuan" / David R. Knechtges
  11. Religion and Society on the Silk Road: The Inscriptional Evidence from Turfan / Huaiyu Chen
  pt. III Cultural Capital / Wendy Swartz
  12. Art of Discourse: Xi Kang's "Sound Is Without Sadness or Joy" / Robert Ashmore
  13. Poetry on the Mysterious: The Writings of Sun Chuo / Paul W. Kroll
  14. Art of Poetry Writing: Liu Xiaochuo's "Becoming the Number-One Person for the Number-One Position" / Ping Wang
  15. Six Poems from a Liang Dynasty Princely Court / Xiaofei Tian
  16. Pei Ziye's "Discourse on Insect Carving" / Jack W. Chen
  17. Classifying the Literary Tradition: Zhi Yu's "Discourse on Literary Compositions Divided by Genre" / Wendy Swartz
  18. Zhong Rong's Preface to Grades of the Poets / Stephen Owen
  19. Book Collecting and Cataloging in the Age of Manuscript Culture: Xiao Yi's Master of the Golden Tower and Ruan Xiaoxu's Preface to Seven Records / Xiaofei Tian
  pt. IV Imaging Self and Other / Wendy Swartz
  20. Biographies of Recluses: Huangfu Mi's Accounts of High-Minded Men / Alan Berkowitz
  21. Classifications of People and Conduct: Liu Shao's Treatise on Personality and Liu Yiqing's Recent Anecdotes from the Talk of the Ages / Jack W. Chen
  22. Literary Community at the Court of the Liang Crown Prince / Ping Wang
  23. Self-Narration: Tao Yuanming's "Biography of the Master of Five Willows" and Yuan Can's "Biography of the Master of Wonderful Virtue" / Wendy Swartz
  24. On Political and Personal Fate: Three Selections from Jiang Yan's Prose and Verse / Paul W. Kroll
  25. Shadow Image in the Cave: Discourse on Icons / Eugene Wang
  pt. V Everyday Life / Albert E. Dien
  26. Dietary Habits: Shu Xi's "Rhapsody on Pasta" / David R. Knechtges
  27. Epitaph of a Third-Century Wet Nurse, Xu Yi / Jen-der Lee
  28. Festival and Ritual Calendar: Selections from Record of the Year and Seasons of Jing-Chu / Ian Chapman
  29. Custom and Society: The Family Instructions of Mr. Yan / Albert E. Dien
  30. Adoption and Motherhood: "The Petition Submitted by Lady [nee] Yu" / Jessey J. C. Choo
  31. Estate Culture in Early Medieval China: The Case of Shi Chong / David R. Knechtges
  pt. VI Relations with the Unseen World / Robert Ford Campany
  32. Biographies of Eight Autocremators and Huijiao's "Critical Evaluation" / James A. Benn
  33. Divine Instructions for an Official / Stephen R. Bokenkamp
  34. Tales of Strange Events / Robert Ford Campany
  35. Texts for Stabilizing Tombs / Timothy M. Davis
  36. Reciting Scriptures to Move the Spirits / Clarke Hudson
  37. Confucian Views of the Supernatural / Keith N. Knapp
  38. Encounters in Mountains / Gil Raz.