The End of the Chinese `Middle Ages`

This book explores, through a series of essays, a set of interrelated elements that define the literary culture of China in the late eighth and early ninth centuries. This period known as the Mid-Tang, broke with many of the intellectual habits of the `middle period` of Chinese culture and adumbrated many of the characteristics of China in the Song and later periods. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.