Ts'ao Ts'ao and the Rise of Wei: The Middle Years
FAIN: FB-11219-72
University of Kansas, Lawrence (Lawrence, KS 66045-7505)
Carl Leban (Project Director: January 1973 to present)
The study centers on the career of the pre-eminent poltical-military figure of the extremely disordered period of early Chinese history known as the Three States period, ca. 180-280 AD. The career of that towering figure, Ts'ao Ts'ao has had a temendous impct on all subsequent Chinese political, institutional, intellectual, and even artistic history.