Based on translations of an unique Tang text, the Collected Statements, this work explores a worthy social commentary on the examination life that its compiler witnessed. Gradually providing a full picture of the civil service examination, it describes the emergence of the literary culture surrounding civil service examination recruitment during China's Tang dynasty (618-907); ...(展开全部)

刘子健（1919—1993），祖籍贵阳，生于上海，曾就读于清华大学、燕京大学，1948年赴美。20世纪50年代，研究重心转向宋史。1960年，入斯坦福大学任教。1965年，入普林斯顿大学任教。刘子健是美国宋史研究的顶级学者，也是促进国际宋史交流的领袖人物，对突破国家与民族界限的国际性学术合作卓有贡献。主要专著有《中国转向内在：两宋之际的文化转向》《宋代中国的改革：王安石及其新政》《欧阳修的治学与从政》《两宋史研究汇编》等。 译者张钰翰，1983年生，上海人民出版社副编审。

刘子健（1919—1993），祖籍贵阳，生于上海，曾就读于清华大学、燕京大学，1948年赴美。20世纪50年代，研究重心转向宋史。1960年，入斯坦福大学任教。1965年，入普林斯顿大学任教。刘子健是美国宋史研究的顶级学者，也是促进国际宋史交流的领袖人物，对突破国家与民族界限的国际性学术合作卓有贡献。主要专著有《中国转向内在：两宋之际的文化转向》《宋代中国的改革：王安石及其新政》《欧阳修的治学与从政》《两宋史研究汇编》等。 译者张钰翰，1983年生，上海人民出版社副编审。

Ethnic Identity in Tang China is the first work in any language to explore comprehensively the construction of ethnicity during the dynasty that reigned over China for roughly three centuries, from 618 to 907. Often viewed as one of the most cosmopolitan regimes in China's past, the Tang had roots in Inner Asia, and its rulers continued to have complex relationships with a popu...(展开全部)

Ethnic Identity in Tang China is the first work in any language to explore comprehensively the construction of ethnicity during the dynasty that reigned over China for roughly three centuries, from 618 to 907. Often viewed as one of the most cosmopolitan regimes in China's past, the Tang had roots in Inner Asia, and its rulers continued to have complex relationships with a popu...(展开全部)

Is reading under threat? No, says Alan Jacobs--but people do need help iand encouragemnt to enjoy it to the full. Jacobs's experience as a lecturer and many-time author suggests that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Many have absorbed the puritanical message that re...(展开全部)

Is reading under threat? No, says Alan Jacobs--but people do need help iand encouragemnt to enjoy it to the full. Jacobs's experience as a lecturer and many-time author suggests that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Many have absorbed the puritanical message that re...(展开全部)