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Representations of Descent: Origin and Migration Stories of the Ninth- and Tenth-century Turkic Shatuo by BARENGHI, MADDALENA

“…Modern scholarship has explored aspects of the origin stories of the Shatuo. The latter were the military elite of Turkic extraction who dominated northern…”
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Hairstyle and Headgear Transgressions, and the Concept of "Fuyao" (Ornamentation Anomaly) in Early China by DORAN, REBECCA

“…Fuyao 月艮妖 or "ornamentation anomaly," is a historical category of disaster (anomaly) that emerged during the Han period. It is a rich example of the perceived…”
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Figure and Flight in the "Songs of Chu (Chuci)" by BENDER, LUCAS RAMBO

“…This article discusses a previously unnoticed figurai technique found in several poems and series in the Chuci 楚辭, one of the earliest poetry anthologies from…”
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How Poetry Became Meditation in Late-Ninth-Century China by MAZANEC, THOMAS J.

“…In late-ninth-century China, poetry and meditation became equated — not just metaphorically, but as two equally valid means of achieving stillness and insight…”
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A Geographic History of Song-Dynasty Chan Buddhism: The Decline of the Yunmen Lineage by PROTASS, JASON

“…For a century during China's Northern Song era, the Yunmen Chan lineage, one of several such regional networks, rose to dominance in the east and north and…”
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Icons of Contemplation: The Pensive Bodhisattva and Local Meditation Culture in Sixth-Century Hebei by CHIEN, LI-KUEI

“…The image of the pensive bodhisattva was widely reproduced in East Asian Buddhist art between the fifth and the eighth centuries, but the majority of surviving…”
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The Great Kingdom of Eternal Peace: Buddhist Kingship in Tenth-Century Dali by BRYSON, MEGAN

“…Tenth-century China's political instability extended beyond Tang territorial boundaries to reach the Dali region of what is now Yunnan province. In Dali, the…”
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Copyists, Compilers, and Commentators: Constructing the "Statutes and Ordinances of the Second Year" and the "Book of Submitted Doubtful Cases" by BARBIERI-LOW, ANTHONY

“…This article examines the textual construction of two texts, one known as Ernian lüling ニ年律令 (Statutes and Ordinances of the Second Year) and the other Zouyan…”
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When Emperor Wu Met Bodhidharma: A Reading of Mid-Tang Religious Policy by STRANGE, MARK

“…From the early eighth century on, those concerned with the practice and theory of statecraft paid recurring attention to emperor Wu of Liang 梁武帝 (r. 502–549)…”
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Before Sexual and Normal: Shifting Categories of Sexual Anomaly from Ancient to Yuan China by CHENG, HSIAO-WEN

“…This paper examines sexual anomaly as read about in Chinese texts from the first to the fourteenth centuries. The genres encountered include portent…”
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Moral Dilemmas and Their Hermeneutics in Early Confucianism by GUARDE-PAZ, CÉSAR

“…Although aspects of the moral dilemma have been discussed by Western philosophers from Plato onwards, substantially less attention has been devoted to the…”
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A Political Eulogy that Dazzles: Yang Jiong's (650–ca. 694) ""Fu" on the Old Man Star" by WU, JIE

“…Canopus (α Carinae), known in China as "Old Man Star," is the second brightest star after Sirius. In China by the first century BC it was commonly believed…”
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Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), Religion, and His Plan to Save China through Buddhism by GILDOW, DOUGLAS M.

“…This article examines the evolution of Cai Yuanpei's (1868-1940) views on religion in general and Buddhism in particular, focusing on his little-known essay,…”
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Poetic Exchange and Power Plays among Third-Century AD Chinese Courtiers by WU, FUSHENG

“…This essay provides a close textual and contextual analysis of a pair of zengda贈 答 poems by two prominent poets and courtiers of the Western Jin dynasty — Pan…”
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Where is King Ping? The History and Historiography of the Zhou Dynasty's Eastward Relocation by MINZHEN, CHEN, PINES, YURI

“…This article introduces new evidence about an important, dramatic event in early Chinese history, namely the fall of the Western Zhou in 771 BC and the…”
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On "Zhao Feiyan waizhuan", China's Earliest Erotic Fiction by MILBURN, OLIVIA

“…Zhao Feiyan waizhuan (Unorthodox Biography of Zhao Feiyan) is a landmark in traditional Chinese fiction, being the earliest surviving example of erotic fiction…”
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Ambivalent Roots and Definitive Branches: Discourses on the Holy Man Shan Daokai (d. 359? AD) by KORY, STEPHAN N.

“…The life of Shan Daokai is remarkably well documented in post-359 AD Chinese texts. Descriptions of his activities and accomplishments were transmitted and…”
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Iranian Elements in Late-Tang Buddhist Astrology by KOTYK, JEFFREY

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Shanghai's Zikawei Museum (1868–1952): Jesuit Contributions to the Study of Natural History in China by TAI, LI-CHUAN

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Reading "Sunzi" as a Master by MEYER, ANDREW

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