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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953198103321

Autore

Puett Michael J. <1964->

Titolo

The ambivalence of creation : debates concerning innovation and artifice in early China / / Michael Puett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2001

ISBN

9780804780346

080478034X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Disciplina

951

Soggetti

China Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Chicago, 1994.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-287) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book studies the debates that raged in China from the Warring States period to the early Han concerning how and under what circumstances new institutions could be formed and legitimated.