This book, first published in 1974, studies the historical development of China during the Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9), a time of great intellectual, religious and political change.
This book, first published in 1974, studies the historical development of China during the Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9), a time of great intellectual, religious and political change. The struggle between Reformists and Modernists is analysed using texts contemporary to the time, and this struggle was a key point in Chinese history, leading as it did to enormous change, including to economics and foreign policy.
1. The Grand Beginning 104 BC
2. The Case of Witchcraft in 91 BC
3.
The Grand Inquest 81 BC
4. The Fall of the House of Huo 68-66 BC
5.
Kuang Heng and the Reform of Religious Practices 31 BC
6. The Office of
Music c. 114-7 BC
7. The Punishment of Chih-Chih 36 BC
8. The Reign of Ai
ti 7-1 BC
9. The Support for Wang Mang AD 9
Michael Arthur Nathan Loewe is a British Sinologist, historian, and writer who has authored dozens of books, articles, and other publications in the fields of Classical Chinese and ancient Chinese history.
