"…Allan's new book bears the fruit of a long, successful career in early China studies. It is of broad interest to scholars in the humanities and required reading for students of Chinese philosophy and intellectual history." — Journal of Chinese Humanities"[A] bold new book … The implications of these unearthed texts are so profound that they will take decades to digest." — New York Review of Books"Buried Ideas, an illuminating work of great scholarly rigour, is the fruit of Allan's many years of dedicated labour on these manuscripts and a must-read for anyone interested in the textual, political, and intellectual history of early China." — Journal of Chinese Studies"This monograph makes an important contribution to the study of early China by using newly excavated texts to reexamine disagreements about abdication … Allan's book will greatly benefit those who study the philosophy and history of early China, and her rigorous and thorough approach to analyzing newly unearthed sources, especially in light of transmitted texts, is a great model for any scholar engaged in historiography using excavated materials." — Religious Studies Review
