Description This book examines ancient written materials from China's northwestern border regions to offer fresh insights into the role of text in shaping society and culture during the Han period (206/2 BCE-220 CE).
Left behind by military installations, these documents--wooden strips and other nontraditional textual materials such as silk--recorded the lives and activities of military personnel and the people around them.
Charles Sanft explores their functions and uses by looki.
State University Of New York Press Literate community in early imperial china: the northwestern frontier in han times, hardcover/charles sanft
