THE RECRUITMENT SYSTEM OF THE IMPERIAL BUREAUCRACY OF LATER HAN
THE RECRUITMENT SYSTEM OF THE IMPERIAL BUREAUCRACY OF LATER HAN By Rafe de Crespigny The Chung Chi Journal, Vol.6:1 (1966) Introduction: After the civil…
The Opposition of the Literati to the Game of Weiqi in Ancient China
The Opposition of the Literati to the Game of Weiqi in Ancient China By Paolo Zanon Published Online (2000) Introduction: With the development of Neo-Confucianism…
Handbooks and local jurisdiction in Ming China. According to the sections on judicial matters in the «Shih cheng lu» by Lü K’un, a handbook for magistrates
Handbooks and local jurisdiction in Ming China. According to the sections on judicial matters in the «Shih cheng lu» by Lü K’un, a…
The Rhetoric of Antiquity: Politico-Religious Propaganda in the Nestorian Stele of Chang’an
The Rhetoric of Antiquity: Politico-Religious Propaganda in the Nestorian Stele of Chang’an By Max Deeg The Journal of Late Antique Religion and Culture,…
Friendship through fourteenth-century fissures: Dai Liang, Wu Sidao and Ding Henian
Friendship through fourteenth-century fissures: Dai Liang, Wu Sidao and Ding Henian By Anne Gerritsen Nan Nu, Vol. 9:1 (2007) Abstract: This essay analyzes…
From demon to deity: Kang Wang in Thirteenth-Century Jizhou and beyond
From demon to deity: Kang Wang in Thirteenth-Century Jizhou and beyond By Anne Gerritsen T’oung Pao, Vol. 90:1-3 (2004) Abstract: This essay discusses…
The Development of the Sciences in China from the 4th to the End of the 12th Century
For the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the article covers mathematics, astronomy, medical sciences, pharmacology and agricultural techniques.
Japan’s relations with the Asian Continent and the Korean Peninsula (Before 950 AD)
Examines the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and China and Korea, which began in the third century AD, and included the sending of envoys.
Historical Dictionary of Medieval China
Historical Dictionary of Medieval China By Victor Cunrui Xiong Scarecrow Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780810860537 The crucial period of Chinese history, 220-960, falls naturally…
Cosmic Foreordination and Human Commitment: The Tragic Volition in Three Kingdoms
Cosmic Foreordination and Human Commitment: The Tragic Volition in Three Kingdoms By Constantine Tung Three Kingdoms and Chinese Culture, edited by Kimberly Besio…
Three Kingdoms and Chinese Culture
Three Kingdoms and Chinese Culture Edited by Kimberly Besio and Constantine Tung State University of New York Press, 2007 ISBN: 978-0-7914-7011-4 A multi-disciplinary…
Marco Polo: Silk Road to China
Marco Polo: Silk Road to China Lecture by Larry Bergreen Given on October 24, 2007 at the Cambridge Forum Length: 1 hour Larry Bergreen traces…
War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe
War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe Lecture by Victoria Tin-bor Hui Given at Ohio State University, February 2007…
Moving machine-makers. The circulation of knowledge on machine-building in China and Europe between c.1400 and the early 19th century
Moving machine-makers. The circulation of knowledge on machine-building in China and Europe between c.1400 and the early 19th century By Karel Davids Paper…
Wu Zhao: China’s Only Woman Emperor
Wu Zhao: China’s Only Woman Emperor By N. Harry Rothschild Longman, ISBN: 978-0-321-39426-2 Wu Zhao, Woman Emperor of China is the account of the…
Wu Zhao’s Remarkable Aviary
Despite these fertile pre-conditions, the biological fact that Wu Zhao was a woman presented serious problems in her effort to assume the dragon throne. Even in these open times, the Confucian bureaucracy held great political sway just as patriarchal values, which held to the principle that “the male is venerated and the female is denigrated” (nan zun nu bei 男尊女卑), still exerted tremendous social influence.