Li Jian is E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Curator of East Asian Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Hou-mei Sung is curator of Asian art at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Zhang Weixing is chair of the Archaeology Department at Emperor Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum. William Neer is curatorial assistant for East Asian art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
"""This lavishly illustrated exhibition catalog includes more than 40 works never previously exhibited in the United States. . . . The texts introduce recent scholarship on this material culture to illuminate not only the first emperor's burial complex, but also his powerful influence in Chinese history and the myriad ways in which his political and economic reforms transformed the daily lives of the Chinese people.""--Madelia Hickman Ring, Antiques & the Arts Weekly ""Through section introductions and highlights, the authors provide excellent historical and cultural context, including new information from sites such as Xuechi at Yongcheng, taking readers from the chaos of the Warring States period to the pinnacle of Qin power.""--Lisa C. Niziolek, China Review International"