Imperial Warlord: A Biography of Cao Cao 155-220 Ad by de Crespigny, Rafe

Imperial Warlord: A Biography of Cao Cao 155-220 AD (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004185227)

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Imperial Warlord: A Biography of Cao Cao 155-220 Ad by de Crespigny, Rafe

Imperial Warlord: A Biography of Cao Cao 155-220 AD

$290.00
Imperial Warlord: A Biography of Cao Cao 155-220 Ad by de Crespigny, Rafe

Imperial Warlord: A Biography of Cao Cao 155-220 AD

$290.00
Format: Hardcover
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The warlord Cao Cao, founder of the Three Kingdoms state of Wei, is most commonly known through the romantic tradition of the novel Sanguo yanyi and other dramatic fictions, which portray him as cruel and vicious. In fact, however, Cao Cao was a fine strategist and politician who restored a measure of order after the political turmoil and civil war that brought the end of Han.
The present work offers a detailed account of Cao Cao's life and times, using historical materials and the man's own words from official proclamations and personal poetry. Exceptionally for such a distant time, there is sufficient information in the texts to provide a rounded interpretation of one of the great characters of early China.

This title has been awarded the Stanislas Julien prize for 2011.

Author: Rafe de Crespigny
ISBN-10: 9004185224
ISBN-13: 9789004185227
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 08/18/2010
Pages: 568
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.30lbs
Size: 9.70h x 6.50w x 1.40d
By Rafe de Crespigny
By Rafe de Crespigny
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Rafe de Crespigny, Ph.D. (1968) of the Australian National University, is Professor of Asian Studies at that university and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He has published monographs, translations and many articles on China, including A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (Brill, 2007).

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