Defining Chu. Image and Reality in Ancient China.
Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press. 1999. Stock ID #213340 This book traces the evolution of the Chu from a vassal state of Zhou in the Spring and Autumn period to its rise and fall as a great hegemonic kingdom in the Warring States period and its eventual resurgence in the early Han dynasty. Discussion of Chu art, poetry, state and society, the ideology of the ruling class, legal procedures, popular culture, daily life, religion and literature is followed by a translation of the "Chu Silk Manuscript". When referring to this item please quote stockid 213340.
Maps, colour plates, black and white illustrations, ix + 254pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendix, edges of two final leaves a little marked, upper cover lifting a little, very good hardback copy. 26 x 18.2cm.
Price: $75.00 AU