The Heir and the Sage - Dynastic Legend in Early China

A comprehensive analysis of the transformations of ancient history in early Chinese texts.

About the author

Sarah Allan is Burlington Northern Foundation Professor of Asian Studies in Honor of Richard M. Bressler at Dartmouth College. She is the author of Buried Ideas: Legends of Abdication and Ideal Government in Early Chinese Bamboo-Slip Manuscripts; The Way of Water and Sprouts of Virtue; and The Shape of the Turtle: Myth, Art, and Cosmos in Early China, all published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Allan
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781438462240
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-6224-0
• No. of pages: 202
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: SUNY Series in Chinese Philoso; SUNY Series in Chinese Philoso; Suny Chinese Philosophy and Cu
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; China, Asiatische Geschichte, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, History - General History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / China, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese