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The Great Ming Code
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2005
The Great Ming Code written by and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
Imperial China's dynastic legal codes provide a wealth of information for historians, social scientists, and scholars of comparative law and of literary, cultural, and legal history. One of the most important law codes in Chinese history, the Ming Code regulated all the perceived major aspects of social affairs, aiming at the harmony of political, economic, military, familial, ritual, international, and legal relations in the empire and cosmic relations in the universe. Providing us with rich materials on Ming history, it is a fundamental source for understanding Chinese society and culture.
Perpetual Happiness
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Author : Shih-shan Henry Tsai
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2011-07-01
Perpetual Happiness written by Shih-shan Henry Tsai and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-01 with Social Science categories.
The reign of Emperor Yongle, or “Perpetual Happiness,” was one of the most dramatic and significant in Chinese history. It began with civil war and a bloody coup, saw the construction of the Forbidden City, the completion of the Grand Canal, consolidation of the imperial bureaucracy, and expansion of China’s territory into Mongolia, Manchuria, and Vietnam. Beginning with an hour-by-hour account of one day in Yongle’s court, Shih-shan Henry Tsai presents the multiple dimensions of the life of Yongle (Zhu Di, 1360-1424) in fascinating detail. Tsai examines the role of birth, education, and tradition in molding the emperor’s personality and values, and paints a rich portrait of a man characterized by stark contrasts. Synthesizing primary and secondary source materials, he has crafted a colorful biography of the most renowned of the Ming emperors.
The Chinese State In Ming Society
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Author : Timothy Brook
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2005
The Chinese State In Ming Society written by Timothy Brook and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
This unique collection of reworked and heavily illustrated essays, by one of the leading scholars of Chinese history, re-examines the relationship between the present day state and society in China.
Chinese Popular Culture And Ming Chantefables
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Author : Anne Elizabeth McLaren
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 1998
Chinese Popular Culture And Ming Chantefables written by Anne Elizabeth McLaren and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Social Science categories.
Chantefables were popular verse narratives performed by storytellers in late imperial China. This study deals with fifteenth century chantefables, their publishers and readers, their festive, kinship and performative context, and their significance in the emergence of vernacular print in China.
Male Friendship In Ming China
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Author : Martin Huang
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2007-04-01
Male Friendship In Ming China written by Martin Huang and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-01 with History categories.
This is the first interdisciplinary effort to study friendship in late imperial China from the perspective of gender history. Friendship was valorized with unprecedented enthusiasm in Ming China (1368-1644). Some Ming literati even proposed that friendship was the most fundamental relationship among the so-called “five cardinal human relationships”. Why the cult of friendship in Ming China? How was male friendship theorized, practiced and represented during that period? These are some of the questions the current volume deals with. Coming from different disciplines (history, musicology and literary studies), the contributors thoroughly explore the complexities and the gendered nature of friendship in Ming China.
Stories To Caution The World
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language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2012-09-01
Stories To Caution The World written by and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-01 with Literary Collections categories.
Stories to Caution the World is the first complete translation of Jingshi tongyan, the second of Feng Menglong's three collections of stories which were pivotal in the development of Chinese vernacular fiction. These tales, whose importance in the Chinese literary canon and in world literature is without question, have been compared to Boccaccio's Decameron and the stories of A Thousand and One Nights. Peopled with scholars, emperors, ministers, generals, and a gallery of ordinary men and women in their everyday surroundings -- merchants and artisans, prostitutes and courtesans, matchmakers and fortune-tellers, monks and nuns, servants and maids, thieves and imposters -- the stories in this collection provide a vivid panorama of the bustling world of imperial China before the end of the Ming dynasty. Feng Menglong collected popular stories from a variety of sources (some dating back centuries) and circulated them via the flourishing seventeenth-century publishing industry. He not only saved them from oblivion but elevated the status of vernacular literature and provided material for authors of the great late-Ming and Qing novels to draw upon. As in their translation of the first collection of Feng's trilogy, Stories Old and New, Shuhui and Yunqin Yang include all forty stories as well as Feng's interlinear and marginal comments and all of the verse woven throughout the stories. For other titles in the collection go to http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/books/ming.html
The Records Of Ming Scholars
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Author : Zongxi Huang
language : en
Publisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 1987
The Records Of Ming Scholars written by Zongxi Huang and has been published by Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Philosophy categories.
Stories Old And New
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language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2011-10-15
Stories Old And New written by and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-15 with Social Science categories.
Stories Old and New is the first complete translation of Feng Menglong’s Gujin xiaoshuo (also known as Yushi mingyan, Illustrious Words to Instruct the World), a collection of 40 short stories first published in 1620 in China. This is considered the best of Feng’s three such collections and was a pivotal work in the development of vernacular fiction. The stories are valuable as examples of early fiction and for their detailed depiction of daily life among a broad range of social classes. The stories are populated by scholars and courtesans, spirits and ghosts, Buddhist monks and nuns, pirates and emperors, and officials both virtuous and corrupt. The streets and abodes of late-Ming China come alive in Shuhui Yang and Yunqin Yang’s smooth and colorful translation of these entertaining tales. Stories Old and New has long been popular in China and has been published there in numerous editions. Although some of the stories have appeared in English translations in journals and anthologies, they have not previously been presented sequentially in thematic pairs as arranged by Feng Menglong. This unabridged translation, illustrated with a selection of woodcuts from the original Ming dynasty edition and including Feng’s interlinear notes and marginal comments, as well as all of the verse woven throughout the text, allows the modern reader to experience the text as did its first audience nearly four centuries ago. For other titles in the collection go to http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/books/ming.html
From Ming To Ch Ing
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Author : Jonathan D. Spence
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 1979-01-01
From Ming To Ch Ing written by Jonathan D. Spence and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979-01-01 with History categories.
The collapse of the Ming dynasty and the takeover of China by Manchu rulers in the 1640s were of crucial importance in the late history of China. But because traditional Chinese sources arbitrarily divide the century at the change of dynasty in 1644, it has been difficult to form a clear picture of the transition. The nine essays in this book will contribute significantly toward understanding the complexity of change and continuity over the span of time leading up to and resulting from the tumult of the mid-1600s. "The fullest introduction in English to the Ming-Ch'ing transition."--Tom Fisher, Pacific Affairs "No other recent work compares with its scope, and no older work can stand up to the introduction of its new materials and perspectives."--Library Journal " This book] makes a valuable contribution to Ming-Ch'ing studies and should be required reading for anyone interested in the two dynasties."--James B. Parsons, American Historical Review
The Ming Qing Conflict 1619 1683
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Author : Lynn A. Struve
language : en
Publisher: Association for Asian Studies
Release Date : 1998
The Ming Qing Conflict 1619 1683 written by Lynn A. Struve and has been published by Association for Asian Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.