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The Qing Dynasty and traditional Chinese culture
Uniform Title
China's cultural heritage
Title
The Qing Dynasty and traditional Chinese culture / Richard J. Smith.
ISBN
9781442221925
1442221925
9781442221932
1442221933
9781442221949
Publication
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
Physical Description
xii, 612 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes
Revision of the author's China's cultural heritage.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 06, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The Ming Dynasty legacy
The founding of the Ming
The evolution of Ming institutions
Ming culture
Conquest and consolidation
The fall of the Ming and the rise of the Qing
The Qing empire: a brief overview
The Qing political order
Imperial rule and metropolitan offices
Administrative integration and its limits
Social and economic institutions
Social classes and conflicts
Forms of Chinese socioeconomic organization
Language and symbolic reference
Languages of the Qing
The relationship between language and culture
Thought
The world of ideas
The confucian moral order
Daoist flight and fancy
Religion
State sacrifices
Buddhism and religious Daoism
Popular religion
Arts and crafts
Attitudes toward art
Craft productions
Painting and calligraphy
Literature
Categories of classical literature
Vernacular literature
Social life
Early life-cycle ritual
Marriage and beyond
Amusements
The late Qing and beyond, 1860-2014
Reform, revolution, and China's inherited culture
Appendices
Appendix A: a note on Chinese names
Appendix B: weights and measures, exchange rates and costs
Appendix C: regional differences and provincial stereotypes
Appendix D: glossary of some philosophical concepts
Appendix E: tables of contents of selected editions of the Wanbao Quanshu (1612, 1636, 1758 and 1828)
Appendix F: some English-language writings on Honglou Meng (dream of the red chamber).
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