'Well, how'd you become king, then?' Swords in Early Medieval China

摘要

The calendar this year has dictated that the meetings of our Society and that of the Association of Asian Studies coincide. Thus deprived of a portion of what, in this election year, might be called my "base," the burden of being witty, intelligent, and entertaining-none of these my natural modes-is nearly more than these poor shoulders can bear, and the excellent addresses given by Stephanie Jamison, Michael Drompp, and others in recent years have set the bar pretty high.