Handbook of Oriental Studies

A Biographical Dictionary of later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD)

BY

RAFE DE CRESPIGNY

Verwijderd figuur

BRILL

LEIDEN • BOSTON

2007

This book has been published with financial aid from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

de Crespigny, Rafe.

A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 A.D.) / by Rafe de Crespigny.

p. cm. — (Handbook of Oriental studies, Section 4, China, ISSN 0169-9520; v. 19 = Handbuch der Orientalistik)

In cludes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13:978-90-04-15605-0

ISBN-10:90-04-15605-4 (hardback: alk. paper)

1. China—History-Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.—Biography-Dictionaries. I. Title

ISBN-13:978 90 04 15605 0

ISBN-10:90 04 15605 4

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Dedicated with affection and respect to

HANS BIELENSTEIN

a great scholar and an inspiring teacher

Rafe de Crespigny