Forming the Early Chinese CourtForming the Early Chinese Court builds on new directions in comparative studies of royal courts in the ancient world to present a pioneering study of early Chinese court culture. Rejecting divides between literary, political, and administrative texts, Luke Habberstad examines sources from the Qin, Western Han, and Xin periods (221 BCE23 CE) for insights into court society and ritual, rank, the development of the bureaucracy, and the role of the