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A Biographical Dictionary of the Qin, Former Han and Xin Periods, 221 B.C.-A.D. 24.
A Biographical Dictionary of the Qin, Former Han and Xin Periods (221 B.C.-A.D. 24). By MICHAEL LOEWE. Handbook of Oriental Studies, sect. 4: China, vol. 16. Leiden: BRILL, 2000. Pp. xxiii + 837. $245.
The early imperial period, comprising the Qin and Han dynasties, has long been a favorite and well-worked field of study for Sinologists. Even so, it is currently enjoying a season of specially renewed interest and energetic reevaluation. Scholars such as Michael Nylan and Martin Kern are in the forefront of this activity, but there is no doubt who the presiding dean of Han studies is, and that is Michael Loewe. For nearly four dec...See the full content of this document
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