The Genesis of East Asia, 221 B.C.-A.D. 907

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The Genesis of East Asia 221 B.C.–A.D. 907 A S I A N I N T E R A C T I O N S A N D C O M P A R I S O N S General Editor Joshua A. Fogel Sovereign Rights and Territorial Space in Sino-Japanese Relations: Irredentism and the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands Unryu Suganuma The I-Ching in Tokugawa Thought and Culture Wai-ming Ng The Genesis of East Asia, 221 B.C.–A.D. 907 Charles Holcombe Charles Holcombe The Genesis of East Asia 221 B.C.–A.D. 907 A S S O C I A T I O N F O R A S I A N S T U D I E S and U N I V E R S I T Y O F H A W A I ‘ I P R E S S Honolulu Asian Interactions and Comparisons, published jointly by the University of Hawai‘i Press and the Association for Asian Studies, seeks to encourage research across regions and cultures within Asia. The series focuses on works (monographs, edited volumes, and translations) that concern the interaction between or among Asian societies, cultures, or countries or that deal with a comparative analysis of such. Series volumes concentrate on any time period and come from any academic discipline.© 2001 Association for Asian Studies, Inc. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 06 05 04 03 02 01 5 4 3 2 1 library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Holcombe, Charles. The Genesis of East Asia, 221 b.c.–a.d. 907 / Charles Holcombe. p. cm.—(Asian interactions and comparisons) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-8248-2415-6 (cloth : alk. paper)—isbn 0-8248-2465-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. East Asia—History. I. Title. II. Series. ds514 .h65 2001 950—dc21 00-066664 University of Hawai‘i Press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Council on Library Resources. designed by teresa w. wingfield for g&s typesetters, inc. printed by the maple-vail book manufacturing group ...