{"product_id":"fire-over-luoyang-a-history-of-the-later-han-dynasty-23-220-ad-9789004324916","title":"Fire over Luoyang: A History of the Later Han Dynasty 23-220 AD","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The bulk of this book consists of chronologically arranged chapters bookended by two chapters on the first reign and the Later Han capital Luoyang and the fall of the city, as well as a short introduction and concluding chapter. Written by a leading scholar in the field and meticulously researched, this book should be read by every student of Later Han China in the West. [..] Summing Up: Essential. All academic levels\/libraries.\" - V. C. Xiong, Western Michigan University, in: CHOICE, Vol. 54\/8 (April 2017)  \"'We two reviewers see the riches that this book offers to specialists and non-specialists alike. Fire over Luoyang, along with de Crespigny’s Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23–220 AD) (2007), has laid the firmest of hangtu foundation for many topics in Eastern Han history. Like the fabled palaces of Luoyang itself, it is a splendid edifice.\" - MICHAEL NYLAN, University of California, Berkeley \u0026amp; THOMAS H. HAHN, Independent Scholar, Berkeley, in: Monumenta Serica, 66:1 (2018)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations, Maps and Tables x  Introduction 1 The Emperors of Han 6 Chronology of the Later Han Dynasty 8  1 Imperial Capital 17 Luoyang and its Surroundings 17 Emperor Guangwu and his New Capital 28 Formalities and Government 34 City, Suburbs and People 52 Parks, Pleasure-Grounds and Tombs 61  2 Emperor Ming and Emperor Zhang (57–88) 71 Chronology 71 Imperial Succession 72 The Government of Emperor Ming 82 The Government of Emperor Zhang 99 Empress Dou and the Boy from the Harem 108  3 The Reign of Emperor He (88–106) 117 Chronology 117 Triumph in the Steppe 118 The Fall of the Dou Family 127 The Peoples of the West 136 The Government of Emperor He 141 The Military Structure of Later Han 148 Peace and Settlement? 164  4 The Dowager Deng and Emperor An (106–125) 169 Chronology 169 The Child Emperors and the Regency 170 The Rebellion of the Qiang 177 Problems of Finance 190 The Government of the Dowager 199 The Favourites of Emperor An 207  5 The Reign of Emperor Shun (125–144) 220 Chronology 220 The Destruction of the Yan Clan 221 Emperor Shun and the Reformers 225 The Rise of the Liang Family 238 Barbarians, Migrants and Rebels 244 People and Land 257  6 The Hegemony of Liang Ji (144–159) 269 Chronology 269 Liang Ji and the Puppets 270 Rebel Emperors and Great Peace 274 The Government of Liang Ji 278 Great Families in the Provinces 294 The Fall of the House of Liang 303  7 Emperor Huan and the Eunuchs (159–168) 310 Chronology 310 Imperial Favourites 311 Problems of Finance 321 Gentlemen and Eunuchs 324 Imperial Consorts and the Worship of Huang-Lao 335 The First Faction Incident 351 Invitation to Genocide 357  8 Emperor Ling: Disordered Government (169–184) 361 Chronology 361 The Dou Family and the Eunuchs 362 Duan Jiong and the Barbarians 369 The Second Faction Incident, the Great Proscription and the Decline of the University 375 The Government of Emperor Ling 388 Tanshihuai and the Misfortunes of the Frontier 397 Yellow Turbans 402  9 End of an Empire (185–189) 418 Chronology 418 The Loss of Liang Province 420 Imperial Extravagance 428 Imperial Succession 436 Slaughter in the Palace 442 A Note on the Dates of the Crisis 448 Dong Zhuo 449 Ruin of a Capital 456 The End of Han 465  10 Epilogues and Conclusions 474 Part I: Elegy for a Lost Capital 474 Chronology 474 The Afterlife of Luoyang 475 Part II: What Went Wrong? Reflections on a Ruin 480 A Failure of Virtue? 480 The Division of China 497 The Difficulty of Reunification 504  Bibliography 513 Index and List of Characters 543","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210690388311,"sku":"9789004324916","price":174.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fire-over-luoyang-a-history-of-the-later-han-dynasty-23-220-ad-9789004324916","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}