Fire over Luoyang : A History of the Later Han Dynasty 23-220 AD.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations, Maps and Tables -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- The Emperors of Han -- Part I: Former Han -- Part II: Later Han -- Chronology of the Later Han Dynasty -- Chronology of the Later Han Dynasty -- Chapter 1 -- Imperial Capital* -- Luoyang and Its Surroundings -- Emperor Guangwu and His New Capital -- Formalities and Government -- City, Suburbs and People -- Parks, Pleasure-Grounds and Tombs -- Chapter 2 -- Emperor Ming and Emperor Zhang (57-88) -- Chronology -- Imperial Succession -- The Government of Emperor Ming -- The Government of Emperor Zhang -- Empress Dou and the Boy from the Harem -- Chapter 3 -- The Reign of Emperor He (88-106) -- Chronology -- Triumph in the Steppe -- The Fall of the Dou Family -- The Peoples of the West -- The Government of Emperor He -- The Military Structure of Later Han -- Peace and Settlement? -- Chapter 4 -- The Dowager Deng and Emperor An (106-125) -- Chronology -- The Child Emperors and the Regency -- The Rebellion of the Qiang -- Problems of Finance -- The Government of the Dowager -- The Favourites of Emperor An -- Chapter 5 -- The Reign of Emperor Shun (125-144) -- Chronology -- The Destruction of the Yan Clan -- Emperor Shun and the Reformers -- The Rise of the Liang Family -- Barbarians, Migrants and Rebels -- People and Land -- Chapter 6 -- The Hegemony of Liang Ji (144-159) -- Chronology -- Liang Ji and the Puppets -- Rebel Emperors and Great Peace -- The Government of Liang Ji -- Great Families in the Provinces -- The Fall of the House of Liang -- Chapter 7 -- Emperor Huan and the Eunuchs (159-168)* -- Chronology -- Imperial Favourites -- Problems of Finance -- Gentlemen and Eunuchs -- Imperial Consorts and the Worship of Huang-Lao -- The First Faction Incident -- Invitation to Genocide -- Chapter 8 -- Emperor Ling: Disordered Government (169-184).

Chronology -- The Dou Family and the Eunuchs -- Duan Jiong and the Barbarians -- The Second Faction Incident, the Great Proscription and the Decline of the University -- The Government of Emperor Ling -- Tanshihuai and the Misfortunes of the Frontier -- Yellow Turbans -- Chapter 9 -- End of an Empire (185-189) -- Chronology -- The Loss of Liang Province -- Imperial Extravagance -- Imperial Succession -- Slaughter in the Palace -- A Note on the Dates of the Crisis -- Dong Zhuo -- Ruin of a Capital -- The End of Han -- Chapter 10 -- Epilogues and Conclusions -- Part I: Elegy for a Lost Capital -- Part II: What Went Wrong? Reflections on a Ruin -- Bibliography -- Index and List of Characters.

Rafe de Crespigny provides the first account in a Western language of one of the great dynasties of China, which dominated east Asia but collapsed in dramatic fashion at the end of the second century AD.

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