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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789984903321

Autore

Kurz Johannes L.

Titolo

China's Southern Tang dynasty, 937-976 / / Johannes L. Kurz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-80955-4

1-283-10387-7

9786613103871

1-136-80956-2

0-203-82861-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Collana

Asian states and empires ; ; 2

Disciplina

951.018

951/.018

Soggetti

China Intellectual life

China History Southern Tang kingdom, 937-975

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2011 by Routledge. Abingdon, Oxon."

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-131) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; China's Southern Tang  Dynasty, 937-976; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Dynasties; Map of the Southern Tang state and its neighbours; Abbreviations; 1. The state of Wu; 2. The founding of the Southern Tang and the reign of Li Bian; 3. The reign of Li Jing; 4. The reign of Li Yu and the decline of the Southern Tang; 5. Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Southern Tang was one of China's minor dynasties and one of the great states in China in the tenth century. Although often regarded as one of several states preceding the much better known Song dynasty (960-1279), the Southern Tang dynasty was in fact the key state in this period, preserving cultural values and artefacts from the former great Tang dynasty (618-907) which were to form the basis of Song rule, and thereby presenting the Song with a direct link to the Tang and it traditions. Drawing mainly on primary Chinese sources, this is the first book in English to provid