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The Men Who Governed Han China
Companion to a Biographical Dictionary of the Qin, Former Han and Xin Periods
Series: - Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 4 China, Volume: 17
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How were prominent figures in the formative stages of Chinaâs imperial government affected by changes in the theory and practice of government and its institutions? Calling on documentary evidence, some found only recently, Dr. Loewe examines local administration, the careers of officials, military organisation, the nobilities and kingdoms, the concepts of imperial sovereignty and the part played by the emperors. Special attention is paid to the anomalies in the historical records; tabulated lists of officials and other items summarise the evidence on which the chapters are based. Historical change and intellectual controversies are seen in the growth and decay of organs of administration, in the careers of individual men and women and the personal part that they played in shaping events.
Michael Loewe, Ph.D. (London 1963) was University Lecturer in Chinese Studies at Cambridge (1963-90). His publications draw on literary and archaeological evidence and concern institutional, textual and intellectual aspects of the history of early imperial China.
Scholars and students of political, social and intellectual history of early imperial China.