Ancient China : studies in early civilization / edited by David T. Roy and Tsuen-hsuin Tsien
Imprint
Hong Kong : Chinese University Press, 1982, c1978
Descript
viii, 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Some new discoveries in prehistoric and shang china--T'ien kan: a key to the history of the shang--the childbirth myth and ancient chinese medicine: a study of aspects of the wu tradition--the early use of the tally in china--changing conceptions of the hegemon in pre-ch'in China--emphatic negatives in classical chinese--what did the master say?--marshes in mencius and elsewhere: a lexicographical note--the organization of the mohist canons--the nature of the ch'in "reform of the script" as reflected in archaeological documents excavated under conditios of control--Han confucianism and confucius in Han--uncovering the sauce jar: a literary interpretation of Yang Hsiung's : Chi Ch'in mei Hsin"--agricultural intensification and making agrarianism in the Han dynasty--the enjoyment of life in Han reliefs of Nanyang--an "old rubbing" of later Han Chang Ch'ien pei--managing heaven's mandate: coded communication in the accession of Ts'ao P'ei, A.D.220