Fire over Luoyang

Rafe Crespigny

ISBN 10: 9004324917 / ISBN 13: 9789004324916

Published by Brill, NL, 2016

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Winner of the 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title AwardThe Later Han dynasty, also known as Eastern Han, ruled China for the first two centuries of the Christian era. Comparable in extent and power to the early Roman empire, it dominated east Asia from present-day Vietnam to the Mongolian steppe.Rafe de Crespigny presents here the first full account of this period in Chinese history to be found in a Western language. Commencing with a detailed account of the imperial capital, the history describes the nature of government, the expansion of the Chinese people to the south, the conflicts of scholars and officials with eunuchs at court, and the final collapse which followed the rebellion of the Yellow Turbans and the rise of regional warlords.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fire over Luoyang
• Publisher: Brill, NL
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004324917
• ISBN 13: 9789004324916
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: Illustrated.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.5W x 3.8H x 23.5D centimeters 15.5 centimeters width by 3.8 centimeters height by 23.5 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1012 grams

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Synopsis

Winner of the 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award

The Later Han dynasty, also known as Eastern Han, ruled China for the first two centuries of the Christian era. Comparable in extent and power to the early Roman empire, it dominated east Asia from present-day Vietnam to the Mongolian steppe.
Rafe de Crespigny presents here the first full account of this period in Chinese history to be found in a Western language. Commencing with a detailed account of the imperial capital, the history describes the nature of government, the expansion of the Chinese people to the south, the conflicts of scholars and officials with eunuchs at court, and the final collapse which followed the rebellion of the Yellow Turbans and the rise of regional warlords.

About the Author

Rafe de Crespigny, Ph.D. (1968), Australian National University, is a professor at that university. His publications include A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms and Imperial Warlord: a Biography of Cao Cao 155-220 (Brill 2007 and 2010).