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The Mandate of Heaven and the Great Ming Code
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The Mandate of Heaven and the Great Ming Code / Jiang Yonglin.
ISBN
9780295990651 (hardback : alk. paper)
0295990651 (hardback : alk. paper)
Published
Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2011.
Physical Description
xiv, 245 pages ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 03, 2011
Series
Asian law series ; no. 21.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : religion and Chinese legal cosmology
Early Ming legal cosmology : embodying heavenly principle and human sentiment
The Great Ming Code and the world of spirits : regulating rituals in communicating with deities
The Great Ming Code and the human realm : creating boundaries for the Ming empire
The Great Ming Code and officialdom : rectifying mediating representatives
Conclusion : manifesting the Mandate of Heaven.
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