Xun Xu and the politics of precision in third-century AD China / / by Howard L. Goodman.

This biography of the court scholar Xun Xu explores central areas of intellectual life in third-century China — court lyrics, music, metrology, pitch systems, archeology, and historiography. It clarifies the relevant source texts in order to reveal fierce debates. Besides solving technical puzzles a...

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Superior document:Sinica Leidensia, v. 95
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Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Sinica Leidensia ; v. 95.
Physical Description:1 online resource (426 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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