On Subsidiary Chu-Han Advisors in the Shiji
Focusing on Chu-Han advisors and orators without independent biographies in the Shiji, this article examines the victory of Han and the defeat of Chu by comparing different attitudes Liu Bang and Xiang Yu received from unknown advisors. It further discusses how those unknown advisors helped their ma...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Beijing Normal University Publishing Group & Anhui University Press
2017
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85001 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42094 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Focusing on Chu-Han advisors and orators without independent biographies in the Shiji, this article examines the victory of Han and the defeat of Chu by comparing different attitudes Liu Bang and Xiang Yu received from unknown advisors. It further discusses how those unknown advisors helped their masters from the Chu-Han battles to the foundation of the Han dynasty. Finally the article appreciates Sima Qian’s marvelous recording of the skills of those advisors. |
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