Emperor Huizong

by Patricia Buckley Ebrey

China was the most advanced country in the world when Huizong ascended the throne in 1100 CE. In his eventful twenty-six year reign, the artistically-gifted emperor guided the Song Dynasty toward cultural greatness. Yet Huizong would be known to posterity as a political failure who lost the throne to Jurchen invaders and died their prisoner. The first comprehensive English-language biography of this important monarch, Emperor Huizong is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674725255
• ISBN13: 9780674725256
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 696 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"