Buried Ideas: Legends of Abdication and Ideal Government in Early Chinese Bamboo-Slip Manuscripts 9781438457796, 9781438457772, 1438457790

Buried Ideas: Legends of Abdication and Ideal Government in Early Chinese Bamboo-Slip Manuscripts 9781438457772

The discovery of previously unknown philosophical texts from the Axial Age is revolutionizing our understanding of Chine

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Buried Treasure: A Collection of Strange Mysteries, Golden Legends, and Lucky Finds in the Search for Hidden Wealth

*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents When Robert Louis Stevens

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Daoism Excavated: Cosmos and Humanity in Early Manuscripts 1931483620, 9781931483629

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Fit and Proper Persons: Ideal and Reality in Nineteenth-Century Urban Government 9780773592988

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Chinese Religion and Familism: The Basis of Chinese Culture, Society, and Government 9781350103610, 9781350103603, 9781350103641, 9781350103634

Reflecting on over half a century of study on Chinese culture, Jordan Paper explores new ways of approaching religion in

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Ideas and Cultural Margins in Early Modern Germany 9780754665687

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Early British Drama in Manuscript (British Manuscripts) 9782503575469, 2503575463

This collection of essays examines medieval and early modern drama in the context of a rich and varied manuscript cultur

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Chinese Politics and Government: Power, Ideology and Organization 0415551382, 9780415551380

Over the past two decades, China's political reforms, open-door policy, dramatic economic growth, and increasingly

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Early Chinese Literature 9780231881142

An introduction to the major forms, themes, characteristics, and works of distinction in early Chinese literature from t

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Early Archaic Chinese

A descriptive grammar of pre-Classical Chinese by W.A.C.H. Dobson, from the 1960s. From the introduction: "The pres

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