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In the Shadow of the Han : Literati Thought and Society at the Beginning of the Southern Dynasties by Charles Holcombe is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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Falling between the great unified empires of the Han and T'ang, the Period of Division (A.D. 220-589) is one of the most overlooked and least understood eras in Chinese history. At the start of the fourth century much of China's traditional heartland fell under the control of ethnic non-Chinese. The remnants of the Chinese court fled to the still somewhat exotic region south of the Yangtze River, where an Eastern Chin dynasty (318-420) was established in virtual exile. The state's ability to com
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Charles Holcombe
- Publisher
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780824862978
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, American Studies, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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