The first concerted attempt to analyze how the histories Shiji and Hanshu described the technical arts as they were applied in vital areas of the administration

While cultural literacy in early China was grounded in learning the Classics, basic competence in official life was generally predicated on acquiring several fo

"This is the first English-language monograph on the early history of cartography in China. Its chief players are three maps found in tombs that date from the f

Imperial Cults is a comparative study of the transformation of imperial religion and imperial authority in the early Han and Roman empires. During the reigns of

The Huainanzi has in recent years been recognized by scholars as one of the seminal works of Chinese thought at the beginning of the imperial era, a summary of