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我和我丈夫昨天坐公共汽车。我看"Stratford"和"Leyton"。我们说话多房地产经纪人但是我不看房间。我们喜欢"Leyton"很多旧家和一个花园。我们想去一家酒吧但是我们太累的。
今天我们坐地铁去中国城。我去书店英文，中文，法文和德文。我不买东西但是我丈夫买一本法文书。今天晚上我要去跳舞看我新朋友但是我觉得一点累的。
今天我们坐地铁去中国城。我去书店英文，中文，法文和德文。我不买东西但是我丈夫买一本法文书。今天晚上我要去跳舞看我新朋友但是我觉得一点累的。
I've read several books now by Michael Loewe and he's become one of my favorite historians of the Han period. Faith, Myth and Reason in Han China was on the recommend reading list for my course so I thought I would read it too. It was a very nice overview of differing beliefs during the Han period. Loewe often pointed out misconceptions that were made by historians who were to quick to put different beliefs into the traditional three Chinese categories when such categories weren't firmly established at the time. He looked how ideas developed over the Han period, where these ideas came from, and what sources we have that show these changes.
The only problem I had with this book is that it definitely just seemed like an outline, while a lot of points were clear and easy to follow, it did sometimes just seem like an overview. I would definitely recommend this book as an introduction to Han thought or as a quick reference but not so much to anyone who was already familiar with the subject. It did seem more like a book written for the general reader rather than the scholar. Still the book covered a variety of interesting topics including my favorites of shamans, divination, services to the dead and the mandate of heaven. He also looked at the development of the idea of Imperial sovereignty which was interesting from both a religious and political viewpoint.
Still having said that, I found it rather hard to concentrate reading it. I think that's far more to do with the stress of moving and jet lag however as opposed to anything that is Loewe's fault! I'm hoping when to go back over the good bits when I am a bit more relaxed!
The only problem I had with this book is that it definitely just seemed like an outline, while a lot of points were clear and easy to follow, it did sometimes just seem like an overview. I would definitely recommend this book as an introduction to Han thought or as a quick reference but not so much to anyone who was already familiar with the subject. It did seem more like a book written for the general reader rather than the scholar. Still the book covered a variety of interesting topics including my favorites of shamans, divination, services to the dead and the mandate of heaven. He also looked at the development of the idea of Imperial sovereignty which was interesting from both a religious and political viewpoint.
Still having said that, I found it rather hard to concentrate reading it. I think that's far more to do with the stress of moving and jet lag however as opposed to anything that is Loewe's fault! I'm hoping when to go back over the good bits when I am a bit more relaxed!
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