JessicaK 1 Report post Posted April 29, 2020 Hi I am an Ancient History teacher in Australia and have decided to teach Qin Shihuangdi as my HSC personality and the Han Dynasty as my HSC Society. I was wondering if anyone could please suggest useful resources for the following: Qin Shi Huangdi: Part of the syllabus requirements is asking the students to evaluate the following - * impact and influence on his time * assessment of his life and career * legacy * ancient and modern interpretations of Qin Shihuangdi I already have the following resources for Qin Shihuangdi: * The Shiji * Jonathan Clements' The First Emperor of China * The Cambridge book on the Qin and Han dynasties * Li Yu-Ning's The First Emperor of China * Mark Edward Lewis' The Early Chinese Empires * John S. Major and Constance A. Cook's Ancinet China: A History * Edward Burman's Terracotta Warriors * Frances Wood's China's First Emperor and His Terracotta Warriors The Han Dynasty society: Admittedly this is the one causing me the most stress as their is no textbook so it looks like I have to develop my own 'textbook' (which I am more than happy to do). I have attached the syllabus outline. Does anyone have any suggestions for a good general book on Ancient Han society? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. Han Society HSC Syllabus Doc.pdf 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 826 Report post Posted April 29, 2020 Not actually read it but when you said Han I immediately though of Michael Loewe and I see he wrote a book called Everyday Life in Early Imperial China: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everyday-Life-Early-Imperial-China/dp/0872207587 Seems it's a bit dated now but comments there agree still worthwhile. ETA And while not a general history this looks like it might make a good supplementary read: https://www.hackettpublishing.com/history/bing-from-ploughboy-to-magistrate-in-han-china-70-bce 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JessicaK 1 Report post Posted April 29, 2020 Thank you for your help. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites