Imperial Rulership And Cultural Change In Traditional China
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Imperial Rulership and Cultural Change in Traditional China
Author | : Frederick P. Brandauer,Chun-chieh Huang |
Publsiher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2014-07-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780295801520 |
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This volume examines the role of dynastic rulers, the imperial system, and the ruling literati in the promotion and shaping of Chinese thought and culture. It includes ten papers chosen for publication from a conference held in Taiwan in September 1992: “Determining Orthodoxy: Imperial Roles” by Jack L. Dull; “Ssu-ma Ch’ien’s Portrayal of the First Ch’in Emperor” by Stephan Durrant; “The Literary Emperor: The Case of Han Wu-ti” by David R. Knechtges; “Empress Wu and Feminist Sentiments in T’ang China” by Chen Jo-shui; “Academies: Official Sponsorship and Suppression” by Thomas H. C. Lee; “Imperial Power and The Reestablishment of Monastic Order in the Northern Sung” by Huang Chi-chiang; “Imperial Rulership in Cultural History: Chu Hsi’s Interpretation” by Huang Chun-chieh; “The Emperor and the Star Spirits: A Mythological Reading of the Shui-hu chuan” by Frederick P. Brandeur; “Ku Yen-wu’s Image and Ideal of the Emperor: A Cultural Giant and Political Dwarf” by Ku Wei-ying; and “Imperial Power and the Appointment of Provincial Governors in Ch’ing China” by R. Kent Guy. It will be of interest to students of Chinese culture including literature, art, religion, philosophy, and politics.
Popular Culture in Late Imperial China
Author | : David George Johnson,Andrew James Nathan,Evelyn Sakakida Rawski |
Publsiher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 474 |
Release | : 1985-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520051203 |
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China s Imperial Past
Author | : Charles O. Hucker |
Publsiher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0804723532 |
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A panoramic survey of the course of Chinese civilization from prehistory to 1850, when the old China began to give way
Traditional Government in Imperial China
Author | : Mu Qian |
Publsiher | : Chinese University Press |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 962201254X |
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Professor Ch'ien Mu (Qian Mu) describes the basic constitutive elements of China's traditional government as it evolved. He concentrates upon those dynasties he considers China's most representative: the Han, Tang, Song, Ming and Qing; and critically analyzes and compares their governmental organization, civil service examination system, taxation, and defence.
Emperor Wu Zhao and Her Pantheon of Devis Divinities and Dynastic Mothers
Author | : N. Harry Rothschild |
Publsiher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2015-06-16 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780231539180 |
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Wu Zhao (624–705), better known as Wu Zetian or Empress Wu, is the only woman to have ruled China as emperor over the course of its 5,000-year history. How did she—in a predominantly patriarchal and androcentric society—ascend the dragon throne? Exploring a mystery that has confounded scholars for centuries, this multifaceted history suggests that China's rich pantheon of female divinities and eminent women played an integral part in the construction of Wu Zhao's sovereignty. Wu Zhao deftly deployed language, symbol, and ideology to harness the cultural resonance, maternal force, divine energy, and historical weight of Buddhist devis, Confucian exemplars, Daoist immortals, and mythic goddesses, establishing legitimacy within and beyond the confines of Confucian ideology. Tapping into powerful subterranean reservoirs of female power, Wu Zhao built a pantheon of female divinities carefully calibrated to meet her needs at court. Her pageant was promoted in scripted rhetoric, reinforced through poetry, celebrated in theatrical productions, and inscribed on steles. Rendered with deft political acumen and aesthetic flair, these affiliations significantly enhanced Wu Zhao's authority and cast her as the human vessel through which the pantheon's divine energy flowed. Her strategy is a model of political brilliance and proof that medieval Chinese women enjoyed a more complex social status than previously known.
The Qing Dynasty and Traditional Chinese Culture
Author | : Richard J. Smith |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 625 |
Release | : 2015-10-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781442221949 |
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The Qing dynasty (1636–1912)—a crucial bridge between “traditional” and “modern” China—was remarkable for its expansiveness and cultural sophistication. This engaging and insightful history of Qing political, social, and cultural life traces the complex interaction between the Inner Asian traditions of the Manchus, who conquered China in 1644, and indigenous Chinese cultural traditions. Noted historian Richard J. Smith argues that the pragmatic Qing emperors presented a “Chinese” face to their subjects who lived south of the Great Wall and other ethnic faces (particularly Manchu, Mongolian, Central Asian, and Tibetan) to subjects in other parts of their vast multicultural empire. They were attracted by many aspects of Chinese culture, but far from being completely “sinicized” as many scholars argue, they were also proud of their own cultural traditions and interested in other cultures as well. Setting Qing dynasty culture in historical and global perspective, Smith shows how the Chinese of the era viewed the world; how their outlook was expressed in their institutions, material culture, and customs; and how China’s preoccupation with order, unity, and harmony contributed to the civilization’s remarkable cohesiveness and continuity. Nuanced and wide-ranging, his authoritative book provides an essential introduction to late imperial Chinese culture and society.
Middle Imperial China 900 1350
Author | : Linda Walton |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2023-08-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781108420686 |
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A highly readable and engaging survey of China's history from the tenth through the mid-fourteenth centuries.
Publishing Culture and Power in Early Modern China
Author | : Kai-wing Chow |
Publsiher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780804733687 |
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This path-breaking book argues that printing—both with woodblocks and with movable type—exerted a profound influence on Chinese society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.