This volume presents a set of studies that began in 2002 with support from Academia Sinica of Taiwan.The scholarship in it reflects a well-developed state of th
In this concise volume,Jennifer Rudolph provides a much-needed and refreshing view of the Zongli Yamen,the foreign affairs office central to the last half-centu
The study of Chinese Buddhist art has so far relied mainly on Buddhist caves.In central China after the mid-eighth century,the activity of carving Buddhist imag