Author: DE CRESPIGNY, Rafe.
Title: Portents of Protest in the Later Han Dynasty: The Memorials of Hsiang K'ai to Emperor Huan.
Description: Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University Press, 1976. Paperback. A touch of sunning to covers, light bump to bottom of spine, a touch of foxing to back cover, otherwise good condition (no markings to text). Part of the Oriental Monograph Series, No. 9. Examines and discusses the criticisms that were made of imperial policies and the philosophical background to the debate, studying in detail "...the means by which critics of the imperial government sought to urge their case by reference to supernatural or unusual phenomena as warnings to the throne". Scarce. 124pp. ISBN 070810178X.

Keywords: history historical politics political policy century china chinese early emperor second 2nd huan century political science