Cosmology and Political Culture in Early China. (Reviews).(Book Review)

From: China Review International | Date: September 22, 2001| Author: Sivin, Nathan | Copyright information

Aihe Wang. Cosmology and Political Culture in Early China. Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions, vol. 20. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. xiv, 241 pp. Hardcover $54.95, ISBN 0-521-62420-7.

A quiet revolution is remaking the study of cosmology, ethics, and other intellectual issues in early China. Those who have not noticed it still lecture their students about new ideas resulting from debates between such schools as the Confucian...

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