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Constructing Wang Mang: Duplicity, Omenology, and Despotism |
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Inheriting Family Principles in the Wake of Political Collapse |
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Ban Gu: Filial Son and Favored Historian |
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A New Heaven, a New Mandate |
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Chapter 5: Inscribing the State: Killing Snakes, Chasing Deer, and Reconceiving Heaven’s Mandate |
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Heaven and Its Mandate: Earlier Assumptions and Later Innovations |
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Killing Snakes: Legitimizing the Han’s Mandate |
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Chasing Deer: A Predetermined and Permanent Mandate |
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Zan |
: A Final Appraisal
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Appendices |
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A. Ban Clan Family Tree (a Diagram) |
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B. Complete List of Ban Gu’s Works |
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C. Translation of the Hanshu Chapter Titles |
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D. Ban Biao’s “General Remarks on Historiography” |
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Plates |
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Notes |
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Bibliography |
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Index |