Pablo A. Blitstein: Les Fleurs du royaume : Savoirs lettrés et pouvoir impérial en Chine, Ve-VIe siècle

Abstract

Revue of a monograph dedicated to early medieval Chinese literature studied in historical and sociological perspective. The book under review justly challenges the commonly shared concept of "early medieval literature" as anachronistic.

Keywords

• early medieval China
• concept of literature
• social conditions