Imperial warlord : a biography of Cao Cao 155-220 AD /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2010.
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Colección: | Sinica Leidensia ;
v. 99. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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 s. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 553 pages) : maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-523) and index. |
ISBN: | 9789004188303 9004188304 1283039311 9781283039314 9786613039316 6613039314 |