{"product_id":"the-talent-of-shu-j-michael-farmer-9780791471647","title":"The Talent of Shu: Qiao Zhou and the Intellectual World of Early Medieval Sichuan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePresents the intellectual world of early medieval Sichuan through a critical biography of historian and classicist Qiao Zhou.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Talent of Shu reconstructs the intellectual world of early medieval Sichuan through a critical biography of Qiao Zhou, a noted classicist, historian, and official of Shu-Han. Countering conceptions of Sichuan as an intellectual backwater, author J. Michael Farmer provides an analytical narrative history of the significant intellectual and scholarly activity in the region during the late second through third centuries CE.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQiao Zhou stands as an apt figure to represent the intellectual world of third-century Sichuan. An heir to a long-standing regional intellectual tradition, he was trained in political prophesy, canonical studies, and ancient history, and in true Confucian fashion, employed these skills in the service of the state. While some of Qiao's scholarship, as well as his political engagement, was conservative, he also stands as an innovator in the fields of canonical and historical criticism and local history. As such, he embodies not only the scholarly tradition of Sichuan, but also the intellectual transitions of the age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Michael Farmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791471640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791471647\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 5.99w x 0.63d","brand":"J. Michael Farmer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096729362687,"sku":"9780791471647","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-talent-of-shu-j-michael-farmer-9780791471647","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}