TY - GEN N2 - The Tang dynasty is often called China's "golden age," a period of commercial, religious, and cultural connections from Korea and Japan to the Persian Gulf, and a time of unsurpassed literary creativity. Mark Lewis captures a dynamic era in which the empire reached its greatest geographical extent under Chinese rule, painting and ceramic arts flourished, women played a major role both as rulers and in the economy, and China produced its finest lyric poets in Wang Wei, Li Bo, and Du Fu. DO - 10.4159/9780674054196 DO - doi AB - The Tang dynasty is often called China's "golden age," a period of commercial, religious, and cultural connections from Korea and Japan to the Persian Gulf, and a time of unsurpassed literary creativity. Mark Lewis captures a dynamic era in which the empire reached its greatest geographical extent under Chinese rule, painting and ceramic arts flourished, women played a major role both as rulers and in the economy, and China produced its finest lyric poets in Wang Wei, Li Bo, and Du Fu. T1 - China's Cosmopolitan Empire :The Tang Dynasty / AU - Lewis, Mark Edward, JF - HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) JF - Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 CN - DS749.3 LA - eng LA - In English. ID - 1478843 KW - HISTORY / Asia / China. SN - 9780674054196 TI - China's Cosmopolitan Empire :The Tang Dynasty / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674054196 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674054196 ER -