The Nivison Annals : Selected Works of David S. Nivison on Early Chinese Chronology, Astronomy, and Historiography
In his last essay just weeks before his death at the age of 91, David S. Nivison says,'Breaking into a formal system - such as a chronology - must be like breaking into a code. If you are successful, success will show right off.'Since the late 1970's Nivison has focused his scholarship on breaking t...
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De Gruyter Mouton
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