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The Chinese character for 'king' contains three horizontal strokes representing heaven, the people and Earth, and a vertical line, representing the emperor, connecting all three. A new book by Xiaoye You, Liberal Arts Professor of English and Asian Studies, examines documents from China's Han dynasty (206 B.C. to 220 A.D.) to understand how the Han rulers used rhetoric to build and maintain an empire. The texts can offer insights into contemporary issues.
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