During the Sung, local elites began to honor eminent and morally worthy men connected with their area by erecting shrines to them. By discussing the identity of these former worthies, the reasons for their enshrinement, the nature of the shrines, the identity of their builders, the forms of rituals performed at the shrines, and the relationship of these shrines to other religio...(展开全部)

This study examines law enforcement within the context of Sung society. Professor McKnight shows that the group of criminals who were the core of the habitual criminal group in Sung China were young unattached males with few lifeskills. What became of the criminal after capture and conviction is also an important aspect of this study, which addresses basic questions in Chinese ...(展开全部)

马伯良：美国汉学家，亚利桑那大学东亚系教授，主要从事宋史与中国法制史研究，著作有《中国南宋乡村职役》，《宋代的法律与秩序》，已翻译为中文版的论文有：宋代竞渡骚乱罪——从《明公书判清明集》看法律案件的解读等。

Using a combination of newly mined Sung sources and modern ethnography, Robert Hymes addresses questions that have perplexed China scholars in recent years. Were Chinese gods celestial officials, governing the fate and fortunes of their worshippers as China's own bureaucracy governed their worldly lives? Or were they personal beings, patrons or parents or guardians, offering pr...(展开全部)

Using a combination of newly mined Sung sources and modern ethnography, Robert Hymes addresses questions that have perplexed China scholars in recent years. Were Chinese gods celestial officials, governing the fate and fortunes of their worshippers as China's own bureaucracy governed their worldly lives? Or were they personal beings, patrons or parents or guardians, offering pr...(展开全部)

Political turbulence was common during the times of dynastic transition in imperial China. Multiple regional regimes frequently rose on the lands of the former unified empire, vying for political and military supremacy until a dominant power emerged and achieved reunification. The period of political fragmentation during the tenth century, known as the Five Dynasties and Ten St...(展开全部)

美国西雅图华盛顿大学教授，还著有《中华人民共和国基本手册》、《共产党中国的政治参与》等。 美国弗吉尼亚大学政府和外交事务系教授，还著有《共产党国家的开放与外交政策改革》、《从历史眼光看当代中国政治》、《媒体与中国大众》和《毛泽东政治思想的基础》等。