Scholars and Rulers: imperial patronage under the Later Han dynasty

Abstract

"Scholars and Rulers: imperial patronage under the Later Han dynasty" was first published in 2006 as a contribution to Han-Zeit: Festschrift für Hans Stumpfeldt aus Anlaß seines 65. Geburtstages, edited by Michael Friedrich, assisted by Reinhard Emmerich and Hans van Ess, [Lun Wen: Studien zur Geistesgeschichte und Literatur in China 8], pages 57-77. It is presented on Open Research with the kind permission of the original publishers Harrassowitz Verlag of Wiesbaden, Germany. The text has been lightly edited and adapted; the original pagination is identified.