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Traces of Grand Peace Classics and State Activism in Imperial China
Author
Title
Traces of Grand Peace [electronic resource] : Classics and State Activism in Imperial China / Jaeyoon Song.
ISBN
1684170826
9781684170821
9780674088368 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2015. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 434 pages :) illustrations ;
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Summary
"Illuminates the interplay between classics, thinkers, and government in statist reform in Northern Song (960-1127) China and explains why the uneasy marriage between classics and state activism had to fail"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 15, 2020
Series
Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 98
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-408) and index.
Contents
A brief history of the Zhouli, 200 BC-900 AD
Part I. Wealth, power, and legitimacy
The ascent of the Zhouli before the new policies
The Zhouli and Li Gou's constitutional agenda
The rise of the Zhouli during the new policies
Part II. Bureaucracy and state management
The new learning and the politics of etymology
Premiership and the principles of bureaucracy
The supreme ruler and political legitimacy
Part III. Economic plans, social organization, and moral suasion
Economic plans and popular welfare
The realms of governance and education
"Unify moralities and correct customs"
Part IV. Political visions and plans for reform in the new policies
The political geography of the Western Zhou
The Fengjian system in the Zhouli
The market, social organization, and military structure
Afterward : taking back the Zhouli in Southern Song.
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