JOURNAL ARTICLE

Technical Arts in the Han Histories: Tables and Treatises in the Shiji and Hanshu.

  • Published In: Bulletin of the School of Oriental & African Studies, 2023, v. 86, n. 2. P. 394 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Hendrischke, Barbara 3 of 3

Abstract

Tian proposes that Ban Gu expressed support for the classicists' final victory but she leaves open whether the treatise documents contempt for Emperor Wu's reliance on I fangshi i , "miracle workers" in Nylan's translation, who had introduced Taiyi. That the actual Han dynasty presence of technical arts much exceeded their official role is well documented in excavated manuscripts, other archaeological findings and also the re-reading of transmitted sources, and has been the subject of intensive research. While Nylan affirms that this object was close to Ban Gu's interest, she follows Chinese scholars in suggesting that the treatise's core reaches back to late Western Han specialists, in particular, she proposes, Liu Xin (46 bce -23 ce). [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Bulletin of the School of Oriental & African Studies. 2023/06, Vol. 86, Issue 2, p394
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Biography
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0041-977X
  • DOI:10.1017/S0041977X23000630
  • Accession Number:172874758
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