Download or read book Crisis and Conflict in Han China, 104 BC to AD 9 written by Michael Loewe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1974, studies the historical development of China during the Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9), a time of great intellectual, religious and political change. The struggle between Reformists and Modernists is analysed using texts contemporary to the time, and this struggle was a key point in Chinese history, leading as it did to enormous change, including to economics and foreign policy.