{"product_id":"dialogues-in-the-dark-interpreting-heavenly-questions-across-two-millennia-9780674299993","title":"Dialogues in the Dark: Interpreting “Heavenly Questions” across Two Millennia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 26 August 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDialogues in the Dark traces how Chinese readers and scholars since the Han dynasty have variously interpreted the ancient poem “Heavenly Questions” (Tianwen), an enigmatic work attributed to Qu Yuan (fl. ca. 300 BCE). Nicholas Morrow Williams analyzes how the poem’s meaning evolved in different time periods and provides three new translations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 650g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 162 x 237 x 30 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780674299993\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nicholas Morrow Williams","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47674583548154,"sku":"9780674299993","price":43.82,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/noimage_d1ecceaa-808c-4904-bc2b-62c3f113b77c.png?v=1756555089","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/dialogues-in-the-dark-interpreting-heavenly-questions-across-two-millennia-9780674299993","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}