A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD)
Biographical note
Rafe de Crespigny, Ph.D. (1968) in Far Eastern History, Australian National University, is Professor of Asian Studies at that same university. He has published monographs, translations and many articles on Later Han and the Three Kingdoms, including Northern Frontier, and Generals of the South, on the empire of Wu.
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All scholars of traditional China and its imperial tradition. The work will also be useful as a reference for research in social and economic history, literature and philosophy.
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