Imperial Warlord

A Biography of Cao Cao 155-220 AD
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-04-18522-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 99, 556 Seiten, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 1043 g

Reihe: Sinica Leidensia

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.

Zielgruppe

All interested in the history of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms , and anyone concerned with Sanguo yanyi "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and traditional dramas on that theme.

Autoren/Hrsg.

de Crespigny, Rafe

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

de Crespigny, Rafe
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).

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).