02500nam 2200589 a 450 991045069190332120200520144314.01-281-12167-39786611121679981-277-055-0(CKB)1000000000334131(EBL)312343(OCoLC)476099807(SSID)ssj0000140274(PQKBManifestationID)11149583(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140274(PQKBWorkID)10030027(PQKB)10291729(MiAaPQ)EBC312343(WSP)00006419(Au-PeEL)EBL312343(CaPaEBR)ebr10188831(CaONFJC)MIL112167(EXLCZ)99100000000033413120070205d2007 uy 0engurcnu---unuuutxtccrDivided China[electronic resource] preparing for reunification, 883-947 /Wang Gungwu2nd ed.New Jersey World Scientific Pub.c20071 online resource (249 p.)Rev. ed. of: The structure of power in North China during the five dynasties. 1st ed. 1967.981-270-792-1 981-270-611-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.The military governors -- Fighting to centralize power -- New dynasty and failed restoration -- The control of the provinces -- North China and the Khitan invasion -- A new structure of power.The oneness of China is the norm. Periods of divisions are aberrations. This is how Chinese thinkers, leaders and ultimately the majority of Chinese people have regarded Chinese politics and history for more than 2,000 years. The oneness was never perfect. As long as certain minimal conditions were met and the polity which proclaimed that oneness was widely acknowledged, that was enough. Chinese ruling elites adopted this pragmatic approach so they could ensure that the ideal could always approximate China's reality. This is a revised edition of a study undertaken to explain what happenedChinaPolitics and government907-979Electronic books.951/.018Wang Gungwu638561Wang Gungwu638561MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450691903321Divided China1927289UNINA