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About Item: Cambridge, MA: Harvard-Yenching Institute, 1963. Offprint . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY. Offprint. Historiography. Monograph of the Northern Sung Fang La (died 1121) Rebellion, doctorate thesis of Kao Yu-kung (1929 - 2016), published in the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Volume 24 of 1962 - 1963. Not a dynastic-changing revolt but a popular uprising against officialdom corruption and high taxations, this study is an excellent resource for students of the novel Shui-hu-chuan (Water Margin, Men of the Marshes, or, All Men are Brothers) --- a revolt of 108 heroes led by Sung Chiang (fl. 1117-21). 63 pgs in 4 parts: I, Introduction: Peasant Rebellions in Chinese History; II, The Fang La Rebellion; III, The Political & Economic Backgroun of the Fang La Rebellion; and IV, The Religous Background of the Fang La Rebellion, followed by appendix.
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