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In this study, Olberding proposes a new theoretical model for reading the Analects. Her thesis is that the moral sensibility of the text derives from an effort to conceptually capture and articulate t

Ancient Chinese walls, such as the Great Wall of China, were not sovereign border lines. Instead, sovereign space was zonally exerted with monarchical powers expressed gradually over an area, based on possibilities for administrative action. The dynamically shifting, ritualized articulation of early Chinese sovereignty affects the interpretation of the spatial application of state force, including its cartographic representations. In Designing Boundaries in Early China, Garret Pagenstecher Olberding draws on a wide array of source materials concerning the territorialization of space to make a compelling case for how sovereign spaces were defined and regulated in this part of the ancient world. By considering the ways sovereignty extended itself across vast expanses in early China, Olberding informs our understanding of the ancient world and the nature of modern nation-states.

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In a detailed, scholarly introduction, this book surveys the philosophical concepts, arguments and commitments of the Confucian classic, the Analects, offering an introduction to the philosophical idi

An innovative approach to historical records assesses how evidence claims and policy arguments were put forth in the royal courts of early China.

An innovative approach to historical records assesses how evidence claims and policy arguments were put forth in the royal courts of early China. What were the intentions of early Chinas historians? M

Facing the Monarch examines the role of rhetoric in shaping the dynamic between Chinese ministers and monarchs in the era between the Spring and Autumn period and the later Han dynasty. Essays analyze

A wide-ranging exploration of traditional Chinese views of mortality.

Scholars of East Asian philosophy and religion explore attitudes and concepts concerning death in early China. Their topics include preparations for an afterlife in ancient China, concepts of death an

This volume, a tribute to the work of Robert Gilmer, consists of twenty-four articles authored by his most prominent students and followers. These articles combine surveys of past work by Gilmer and o