Essays of a Recluse - Wang, Fu
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"The Qianfulun is a collection of 36 essays that helps us to understand the Eastern Han, especially as it covers a fascinating array of subjects ranging from critiques of contemporary religious practices, such as shamanism, divination and dream interpretation, to social criticism targeting contemporary problems such as conspicuous consumption, the corruption of office holders, and the status of women and marriage practices. Wang Fu, who lived in the northwest, also writes about China's military presence on its frontiers, explores problems and solutions for the selection of worthy governmental…mehr

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"The Qianfulun is a collection of 36 essays that helps us to understand the Eastern Han, especially as it covers a fascinating array of subjects ranging from critiques of contemporary religious practices, such as shamanism, divination and dream interpretation, to social criticism targeting contemporary problems such as conspicuous consumption, the corruption of office holders, and the status of women and marriage practices. Wang Fu, who lived in the northwest, also writes about China's military presence on its frontiers, explores problems and solutions for the selection of worthy governmental officials, and analyzes contemporary views of cosmology and moral philosophy. As the son of a concubine who possessed neither wealth nor powerful social connections, Wang Fu provides a rare view of Han culture from the fringes of elite society. Available in full for the first time to English-language readers, the Qianfulun is a treasure trove of information about daily life and politics during the Eastern Han"--
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Wang Fu (ca. 85-162 CE) was a scholar who lived on the western frontier of the empire during the Eastern Han dynasty. Said to be the son of a low-ranking concubine, he never held an official government post. The Qianfulun is his only surviving work. Anne Behnke Kinney is professor of Chinese at the University of Virginia. She is translator of Exemplary Women of Early China: The Lienü zhuan of Liu Xiang (Columbia, 2014), among other books. John S. Major, formerly professor of history at Dartmouth College, is an independent scholar. He is cotranslator of The Huainanzi (Columbia, 2010), among other books.