N. Harry Rothschild

The World of Wu Zhao (eBook, ePUB)

Annotated Selections from Zhang Zhuo's Court and Country

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The World of Wu Zhao is a carefully curated set of more than 120 translated stories-all annotated and contextualized-on a range of topics from Zhang Zhuo's ¿¿ eighth century collection of miscellany, Collected Records of Court and Country (Chaoye qianzai ¿¿¿¿). The book provides English readers with a sense and feel for the empire during the reign of Wu Zhao ¿¿ (624-705, also known as Empress Wu and Wu Zetian), China's first and only female emperor.

The World of Wu Zhao moves outward from the female sovereign's personal and intimate domain of the inner palace. The text includes chapters on a number of different themes and topics: the female emperor's male favorites, the culture of the court , cruel officials, as well as sections on flora and fauna, the common folk, artisans and craftsmen, Buddhist and Daoist monks, the military, spirits and the supernatural, the borderlands, and local officials. Chapters are introduced through "speaking artifacts" such as saddles, swords, bronze tallies, porcelain figurines of camels and grooms, official tallies, Buddhist cave paintings and funerary monuments-contemporary to the reign of the female emperor. This lively and fresh perspective on medieval China will amuse and shock readers, prompting them to recalibrate everything they think they know about medieval China.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781839983542
• Artikelnr.: 63419576

Autorenporträt

Harry Rothschild is Professor of Chinese History at the University of North Florida, USA. He specializes in early Tang history and the study of women and gender in China and East Asia.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
 Figures
 Map
 Tables
 Weights and Measures
 Introduction
 Chapter 1 Wu Zhao: her inner palace, her inner circle
 Chapter 2 The culture of the court
 Chapter 3 "Cruel officials": Wu Zhao's "teeth and horns"
 Chapter 4 Beyond court and capital: local officials
 Chapter 5 The common people
 Chapter 6 Relationships: men, women, and family in the time of Wu Zhao
 Chapter 7 Generals and military men
 Chapter 8 The frontier and beyond: foreigners and others during Wu Zhao's reign
 Chapter 9 Religion and the supernatural world
 Chapter 10 Flora, fauna, and the natural world
 Afternote
 Appendix: People and Places
 Notes
 Bibliography
 Index