Through an examination of the Great Peace ( taiping ), one of the first utopian visions in Chinese history, Zhao Lu describes the transformation of Literati Culture that occurred during the Han Dynasty.
But instead of treating the Literati as puppets of competing and imagined lineages, Zhao uses sociological methods to reconstruct t.
Driven by anxiety over losing the mandate of Heaven, the imperial court encouraged Classicism in order to establish the Great Peace and follow Heaven\'s will.
Through an examination of the Great Peace ( taiping ), one of the first utopian visions in Chinese history, Zhao Lu describes the transformation of Literati Culture that occurred during the Han Dynasty