This enlightening book leads readers though the history of ancient China, up to and through its decline, including how power was centralized within the Zhou roy

In 221 bc the First Emperor of Qin unified the lands that would become the heart of a Chinese empire. Though forged by conquest, this vast domain depended for i

How social networks shaped the imperial Chinese state China was the world’s leading superpower for almost two millennia, falling behind only in the last two c

This enlightening book leads readers though the history of ancient China, up to and through its decline, including how power was centralized within the Zhou roy

The recipient of the Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the humanities and the Tang Prize for "revolutionary research" in Sinology, Ying-shih Yü is a prem