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The Talent of Shu. Qiao Zhou and the Intellectual World of Early Medieval Sichuan

The Talent of Shu. Qiao Zhou and the Intellectual World of Early Medieval Sichuan Book Reviews / T’oung Pao 94 (2008) 151-206 163 The Talent of Shu. Qiao Zhou and the Intellectual World of Early Medieval Sichuan. By J. Michael Farmer, Albany, State University of New York Press, 2007. xix + 246 pp. 2 Maps, 2 Fig., Notes, Bibliography, Index. ISBN 978-0-7914-7163-0 (hb) In The Talent of Shu , J. Michael Farmer offers a biography of Qiao Zhou 譙周 (199/200-270), a Sichuan classicist of the post-Han period. This period of Chinese history and literature presents hurdles—scraps of sources that range across styles and levels of voice and context, often hard to convey in a lucid historical narrative. Our picture of early-medieval China runs in fits and starts. The book at hand will be useful especially for those already familiar with recent scholarship on late-Han and Jin classicism, 1 even though it may present problems for generalist readers interested in pre-Song China and for beginning graduate students. On p. xvi the author tells us that the book is a “conversion” from his Ph.D.; still, it should have been reframed and edited. Let me be clear: Talent of Shu is excellent for its best features and delivers new ideas about early Sichuan scholars. But http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png T'oung Pao Brill

The Talent of Shu. Qiao Zhou and the Intellectual World of Early Medieval Sichuan

T'oung Pao , Volume 94 (1): 163 – Jan 1, 2008

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© 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0082-5433
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1568-5322
DOI
10.1163/008254308X367068
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Book Reviews / T’oung Pao 94 (2008) 151-206 163 The Talent of Shu. Qiao Zhou and the Intellectual World of Early Medieval Sichuan. By J. Michael Farmer, Albany, State University of New York Press, 2007. xix + 246 pp. 2 Maps, 2 Fig., Notes, Bibliography, Index. ISBN 978-0-7914-7163-0 (hb) In The Talent of Shu , J. Michael Farmer offers a biography of Qiao Zhou 譙周 (199/200-270), a Sichuan classicist of the post-Han period. This period of Chinese history and literature presents hurdles—scraps of sources that range across styles and levels of voice and context, often hard to convey in a lucid historical narrative. Our picture of early-medieval China runs in fits and starts. The book at hand will be useful especially for those already familiar with recent scholarship on late-Han and Jin classicism, 1 even though it may present problems for generalist readers interested in pre-Song China and for beginning graduate students. On p. xvi the author tells us that the book is a “conversion” from his Ph.D.; still, it should have been reframed and edited. Let me be clear: Talent of Shu is excellent for its best features and delivers new ideas about early Sichuan scholars. But

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