Autore	Lewis Mark Edward <1954->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (367 p.)
Disciplina	951/.017
Collana	History of Imperial China
Soggetto topico	HISTORY / Asia / China
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-674-05419-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	The geography of the Tang empire -- The restored empire -- Warlords and monopolists in late Tang China -- Tang urban life -- Rural society -- Tang China and the outer world -- Kinship -- Religion -- Tang writing -- Conclusion: the tenth-century transition.
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Autore	Tackett Nicolas
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Boston : , : Harvard University Asia Center, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xiv, 281 pages :) : illustrations, maps ;
Disciplina	951/.01708621
Collana	Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law
Soggetto topico	Aristocracy (Social class) Elite (Social sciences) Manners and customs Power (Social sciences)
ISBN	1-68417-077-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Map of Tang China -- Conventions -- Introduction -- The transformation of medieval elites -- Tomb epitaphs as a historical source -- Chapter One. The bureaucratic aristocracy of medieval China -- Chapter Two. The geography of power -- Chapter Three. Capital elite marriage networks -- Chapter Four. The late Tang provinces -- Chapter Five. Huang Chao and the destruction of the medieval aristocracy -- Appendix A: Guide to the accompanying database -- Appendix B: Estimating the total size of the late Tang capital elite -- Appendix C: Sources of ninth-century excavated epitaphs.
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Autore	Bielenstein Hans
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Leiden ; Boston, : Brill, 2005
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (731 p.)
Disciplina	327.51/009/021
Collana	Handbook of Oriental studies, Section 4, China,Handbuch der Orientalistik
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-280-86817-1 9786610868179 1-4294-5520-9 90-474-0761-X 1-4337-0700-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Preliminary Material -- The Sources -- Introduction -- Continental South Asia and the Islands -- Japan -- Korea -- The Northeast -- The Southwest -- Ch’ing-hai -- East Turkestan -- West Turkestan -- Kashmir and Afghanistan -- The Middle East -- The Turkic Tribes -- The Tang-Hsiang -- Hsia -- Liao -- Chin -- Conclusion -- Weights and Measures -- Quoted Literature -- Index -- Handbook of Oriental Studies.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910451427603321

Autore	Woo X. L
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Algora Pub., c2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (184 p.)
Disciplina	951/.017092 B
Soggetto topico	Empresses - China
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	9786611793883 1-281-79388-4 0-87586-662-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Origins of a future sovereign -- The Wu family -- Wu's father rises from a merchant to a nobleman -- Mr. Wu marries up -- Mr. Wu becomes a governor -- Mr. Wu departs this realm -- The establishment of the tang dynasty -- Mr. Wu's sponsor becomes the second emperor of the tang dynasty -- Empress Changsun and a few of the courtiers -- Miss Wu becomes an imperial concubine -- The sons vie for the succession -- Selecting the crown prince -- Introduction to the crown prince -- Sent to a nunnery -- The new emperor reigns -- Empress Wang gets Wu back to the palace -- Empress Wang and concubine Xiao unite against concubine Wu -- Concubine Wu fights back -- The courtiers take sides -- Empress Wang and her supporters take a mis-step -- Empress Wang and the crown prince are removed -- Wu becomes empress -- From empress to empress dowager -- Advancing supporters and annihilating opponents -- Taking part in politics -- The pleasures of traveling -- Relationship with her children -- The empress dowager consolidates her power -- Standing at the top -- View from the summit -- Rebellions -- The largest rebellion -- The rebellions of the Princes Li -- Other rebellions -- Abuse of power at every level -- Picking favorites -- Naming a successor -- Empress Wu's favorites -- Relations with other nations -- Tibet -- Korea -- The Tujue clan -- Japan and Arabia -- Famous legends about Empress Wu -- Face reading -- Flowers blooming in winter -- Other legends.
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