Early Medieval China 6 (2000).

• Author: Kroll, Paul W.
• Position: Review

Early Medieval China 6 (2000). Edited by CYNTHIA L. CHENNAULT. Gainesville: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, for the EARLY MEDIEVAL CHINA GROUP, INC. Pp. 166. $20 (annual dues).

Early Medieval China is the annual journal of the Early Medieval China Group, focusing on the four lively centuries between the end of the Han in 220 and the beginning of the T'ang in 618, centuries in which the intertwined political, religious, social, and literary realms of Chinese culture changed dramatically. This issue of the journal deserves notice because it represents a new beginning, under the editorship of Cynthia L. Chennault. Previous numbers were poorly edited and printed unattractively. Chennault's first issue signals a major change and major improvement, apparent immediately in the handsomely redesigned cover, as well as the pleasing new type-face and set-up. The whole has a much more professional look about it. The difference is apparent also and most importantly in the quality of the articles--four significant studies by Keith N. Knapp ("Heaven and Death According to...