Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. History: 1. Wei Rafe de Crespigny; 2. Wu Rafe de Crespigny; 3. Shu-Han J. Michael Farmer; 4. Western Jin Damien Chaussende; 5. Eastern Jin Charles Holcombe; 6. The Sixteen Kingdoms Charles Holcombe; 7. Cheng-Han State Terry F. Kleeman; 8. Northern Wei Scott Pearce; 9. Eastern Wei-Northern Qi Albert E. Dien; 10. Western Wei-Northern Zhou Albert E. Dien; 11. The Southern dynasties Andrew Chittick; Part II. Society and Realia: 12. The art of war David A. Graff; 13. Foreign relations Charles Holcombe; 14. The Northern economy Victor Cunrui Xiong; 15. The Southern economy Liu Shufen; 16. Agriculture Francesca Bray; 17. The history of Sogdians in China Rong Xinjiang; 18. Northern material culture Shing Müller; 19. Southern material culture Annette Kieser; 20. Women, families, and gendered society Jen-der Lee; 21. Local society Hou Xudong; Part III. Culture, Religion and Art: 22. Confucian learning and influence Keith N. Knapp; 23. Qingtan and Xuanxue Y. K. Lo; 24. Buddhism John Kieschnick; 25. Daoism Stephen R. Bokenkamp; 26. Popular religion Robert Ford Campany; 27. The world of prose literature Antje Richter; 28. The world of poetry Cynthia Chennault; 29. Art and visual culture Wu Hung; 30. Music Bo Lawergren; Abbreviations of frequently cited primary sources; Bibliography; Glossary-index.

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Offers the most comprehensive English-language treatment of China's Six Dynasties period (220–589 CE), covering political, artistic, social, and intellectual developments.

About the Author

Albert E. Dien is Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, California. Keith N. Knapp is Professor of History, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.

Reviews

'In sum, this volume is not just an historical account of the Six Dynasties, but also a veritable encyclopedia of Early Medieval China, come to fruition through a long-standing pursuit to better understand this immensely formative period of Chinese history-a period, which has been long neglected or marginalized by scholars subscribing to the teleological construct of China.' Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer, Monumenta Serica