"This volume of The Grand Scribe's Records includes the second segment of Han-dynasty memoirs and deals primarily with men who lived and served under Emperor Wu (r. 141–87 B.C.). The lead chapter presents a parallel biography of two ancient physicians, Pien Ch’üeh and Ts’ang Kung, providing a transition between the founding of the Han dynasty and its heyday under Wu. The account of Liu P’i is framed by the great rebellion he led in 154 B ..."
"This volume of The Grand Scribe's Records includes the second segment of Han-dynasty memoirs and deals primarily with men who lived and served under Emperor Wu (r. 141 87 B.C.). The lead chapter presents a parallel biography of two ancient physicians, Pien Ch ueh and Ts ang Kung, providing a transition between the founding of the Han dynasty and its heyday under Wu. The account of Liu P i is framed by the great rebellion he led in 154 B ..."
"The emerging Chinese empire was faced with a dilemma typical for empires, be they Roman, Mesopotamian, or Carolingian. The realm was "won on horseback, but could not be ruled from horseback," as an advisor of the Han dynasty put it. Military conquest had to be buttressed by a convincing legitimation of the supreme rule, including certain forms of power sharing, as well as by the establishment of a courtly protocol and a bureaucracy that ..."
State Power in Ancient China and Rome(1st Edition) (Oxford Studies in Early Empires) by Walter Scheidel Hardcover, 328 Pages, Published 2015 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-020224-8, ISBN: 0-19-020224-6
Buried Ideas Legends of Abdication and Ideal Government in Early Chinese Bamboo-Slip Manuscripts (SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture) by Sarah Allan Hardcover, 386 Pages, Published 2015 by Suny Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4384-5777-2, ISBN: 1-4384-5777-4