The general reader as well as the specialist will appreciate the
book’s clear discussion of many details, including the description
of zoomorphic designs. Chang’s interdisciplinary interpretive
approach and well-balanced illustrations make this book an
important addition to the study of China’s early civilization.
*Archaeology*
This excellent little book offers one approach to an overall
treatment of ancient Chinese society within a time span embracing
the Three Dynasties… The picture of ancient China which emerges
from this brief yet powerful synthesis is strikingly cohesive.
*Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies*
The value of these short essays lies in their cross-disciplinary
perspective, in the freshness of some of the ideas, and in the
juxtaposition of the elements of the analysis… [They] result in new
perspectives on old issues: especially the roles of myth, writing,
and marriage patterns in early Chinese political culture.
*Asia and the East*
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