Andrew Eisenberg, "Kingship in Early Medieval China"
English | ISBN: 9004163816 | 2008 | 292 pages | PDF | 2 MB

The institution of the Retired Emperor forms the innovative angle from which this study analyzes Classical Chinese political history (4th to 7th centuries A.D.) and lays bare broader patterns of political and social action of Classical Chinese monarchy. The author lays a basis for a new framework to think about kingship and succession in East Asia.