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This is the final volume (39) of the London Oriental Series, looking at Chinese history and civilisation. It focuses on the work of the short text the 'Fu-hsing shu' composed in about (AD) 800 by Li Ao, a younger associate of the famous writer Han Yü (768-824).
NOTE ON EDITIONS USED, ABBREVIATIONS, THE CHINESE CLASSICS, INTRODUCTION, 1. LI AO AND HISTORY, 2. LI AO AND ZEN, 3. LI AO AND FRIENDS, 4. THE FU-HSING SHU OF LI AO, 5. UNDERSTANDING LI AO: A HISTORICAL APPROACH, APPENDIX: LI AO’s DATE OF BIRTH AND THE DATE OF THE FU-HSING SHU, GLOSSARY, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX
Biography
T. H. Barrett, Professor of East Asian History in the University of London.
