Celestial Signs and Classical Rhetoric in Early Imperial China

Considers how sign-reading fit into broader understandings of the human and cosmic worlds in Han times.

About the author

Jesse J. Chapman received his PhD in Chinese Language from the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently the assistant editor for Early China.

Product details

• Authors: Jesse J Chapman, Jesse J. Chapman
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.05.2025
• EAN: 9798855800548
• ISBN: 9798855800548
• No. of pages: 273
• Series: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient China, HISTORY / Asia / China, History of Science, Ancient World, Ancient History, Asian History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE