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- catalog abstract ""This book offers a radical reinterpretation of the formative stages of Chinese culture and history, tracing the central role played by cosmology in the development of China's early empires. Aihe Wang unveils the dynamic interaction between these two legacies - the cultural and the political - in the historical process." "Wang examines the transformation of Chinese cosmology between two political eras - from the hegemonic states of the Bronze Age (the Shang and Western Zhou, ca. 1700-771 B.C.) to the unified empires of the Iron Age (Qin and Han, 221 B.C.-220 A.D.). Challenging the prevailing view of cosmology as a quintessential, unchanging, homogenous structure of Chinese culture, she demonstrates how cosmology was constructive to power while at the same time was constantly transformed by the political process."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11631446.
- catalog coverage "China Politics and government 221 B.C.-220 A.D.".
- catalog coverage "China Politics and government To 221 B.C.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""This book offers a radical reinterpretation of the formative stages of Chinese culture and history, tracing the central role played by cosmology in the development of China's early empires. Aihe Wang unveils the dynamic interaction between these two legacies - the cultural and the political - in the historical process."".
- catalog description ""Wang examines the transformation of Chinese cosmology between two political eras - from the hegemonic states of the Bronze Age (the Shang and Western Zhou, ca. 1700-771 B.C.) to the unified empires of the Iron Age (Qin and Han, 221 B.C.-220 A.D.). Challenging the prevailing view of cosmology as a quintessential, unchanging, homogenous structure of Chinese culture, she demonstrates how cosmology was constructive to power while at the same time was constantly transformed by the political process."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. Sifang and the Center: The Cosmology of the Ruling Clan -- 3. Wuxing: Cosmology in Historical Transition -- 4. Moralizing Cosmology and Transforming Imperial Sovereignty -- 5. Contesting Emperorship: The Center of the Cosmos and Pivot of Power -- Conclusion: Cosmology and Power Reconsidered.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-233) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 241 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521624207".
- catalog isPartOf "Cambridge studies in Chinese history, literature and institutions".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "China Politics and government 221 B.C.-220 A.D.".
- catalog spatial "China Politics and government To 221 B.C.".
- catalog spatial "China.".
- catalog subject "181/.11 21".
- catalog subject "BD518.C5 W29 1999".
- catalog subject "Cosmology, Chinese.".
- catalog subject "Political culture China.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. Sifang and the Center: The Cosmology of the Ruling Clan -- 3. Wuxing: Cosmology in Historical Transition -- 4. Moralizing Cosmology and Transforming Imperial Sovereignty -- 5. Contesting Emperorship: The Center of the Cosmos and Pivot of Power -- Conclusion: Cosmology and Power Reconsidered.".
- catalog title "Cosmology and political culture in early China / Aihe Wang.".
- catalog type "text".