The Zhou Dynasty was the most prosperous period ... and they were given special names that reflected Chinese history and culture. In previous dynasties, the names of dishes reflected how the ...

A leading academic has highlighted China's rich mathematical history, including a startling fact about a well-known theorem ...

But nonetheless, the Zhou Dynasty lasted for as long as the Roman Empire, and indeed longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history. And as well as the Mandate of Heaven, they bequeathed one ...

Whether it means consulting inscriptions on animal bones or tortoiseshells (see the Shang Oracle Bone in Section 2, Traces of Ideas) during the Shang and Zhou periods or ... of the greatest empires in ...

A short history of Chinese "religions." (The word "religion" did not enter ... Confucius lived in China during the latter half of the Zhou dynasty (eleventh century–256 BCE). As a philosopher and ...

His work will thus be of interest for students and scholars of early Chinese history both for its arguments and as resource.' Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 2. Structural development of the Zhou ...

In the majestic periods of Chinese history like the Han (206BC-220AD ... and senior officials in the government of the Zhou Dynasty (about 11th Century-221BC) helping to explain natural and ...

But nonetheless, the Zhou Dynasty lasted for as long as the Roman Empire, and indeed longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history. And as well as the Mandate of Heaven, they bequeathed one ...

Using ritual and social theory to explain Western Zhou history, Vogt traces how the traditions of pre-modern China were born, how a ruling dynasty establishes and holds on to power, how religion and ...