In the Shadow of the Han: Literati Thought and Society at The Beginning of the Southern Dynasties
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine / Fine. Item #006590
Full black cloth. xi, [1 b&w map], 238 pp. Slight bruise to spine head. Black pen scuff to fore edge of text block. Jacket has a few bumps. Else fine in fine jacket. Falling between the great unified empires of the Han and T'ang, the Period of Division (A.D. 220-589) is one of the most overlooked and least understood eras in Chinese history. In this groundbreaking history, Charles Holcombe examines the conditions that produced the literati - the shih-ta-fu, a new elite class - and shaped their activities during the first of the Southern dynasties, with particular attention to the life and thought of the fourth-century monk Chin Tun (314-366).
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