A guide to primary sources that date from China's early medieval period (late third through sixth centuries) and to later anthologies or reference works concerning them. Ninety-three essays, arranged alphabetically by title, discuss authorship, contents, history of editions, traditional commentaries and assessments, modern scholarship, and translations. Appendices include cross...(展开全部)

鲁惟一 《剑桥中国古代史》的主编之一。生于１９２２年，英国剑桥大学东方学院博士，曾任剑桥大学东亚系主任，现为剑桥大学荣休教授。１９４５年开始研究中国历史文化，２０世纪６０年代从居延汉简着手开始研究简牍，１９６３年从英国伦敦大学转至剑桥大学任教至退休。著有《汉代行政记录》、《剑桥中国秦汉史》、《汉代的信仰、神话和理性》等。

The first millennium saw a rich and distinctive artistic tradition form in Europe. While books had long been central to the Christian religious tradition, education, and culture, they now became an important artistic medium, sometimes decorated with brilliant colours and precious metals. Lawrence Nees explores issues of artist patronage, craftsmanship, holy men and women, monas...(展开全部)

In the early 400s, numerous Indian and Central Asian Buddhist “meditation masters” (chanshi) traveled to China, where they established the first enduring traditions of Buddhist meditation practice in East Asia. The forms of contemplative practice that these missionaries brought with them, and which their Chinese students further developed, remained for several centuries the bas...(展开全部)

姜士彬（David Johnson），加州大学伯克利分校中国研究中心教授，早年专注中古中国士族研究，近年关注明清大众文化研究。