Early Chinese Literature Walter Scott Prize Nominee (2014) China conceived of a global

China conceived of a global cultural hierarchy with the Emperor at its pinnacle

orderly society is peeled away to reveal chaotic passions

these handsome hardcovers are joined in a magnificent slipcase illustrated by Kevin O'Neill with all new art

as mysterious to them as it is to us

But when the two strike up a conversation—awkward but electrifying—something life-changing begins

Early Chinese Literature Walter Scott Prize Nominee (2014) China conceived of a globalWatson's account of Chinese writing from the time of the Chou dynasty (1100 249 B. C.) to the Latter Han (25 220) is accompanied by a chronology, biographical information, and a selected list of translations.