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State And Society In Early Medieval China
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Author : Albert E. Dien
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
State And Society In Early Medieval China written by Albert E. Dien and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
The Nature Of State And Society In Early Medieval China
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980*
The Nature Of State And Society In Early Medieval China written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980* with China categories.
State And Society In Early Medieval Inner Asia
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Author : Aybike Seyma Tezel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
State And Society In Early Medieval Inner Asia written by Aybike Seyma Tezel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Asia, Central categories.
In this dissertation, I explore constitution, maintenance, and culturally specific expressions of political authority and political identity in Inner Asia and Northern China from the 4th to the 8th centuries. I discuss these notions through a survey of the history of the Rou-ran, the 1st and the 2nd Turk Qaghanates, which maintained their authority over the vast territories of Inner Asia one after the other, and the various forms of relationships that they established with the northern Chinese regimes during the period under question. My study offers an insight into the specifics of the two centuries-long histories of state-society relations, political ideologies, administrative practices, territorial organization, and material culture under the abovementioned regimes. In the first chapter, I present a review of the historical and anthropological literature and a discussion of mainstream paradigms concerning state formation and pastoral nomadism in Inner Asia. The second and third chapters offer a thematic survey of the histories of the Rou-ran and the Turk Qaghanates, with a translation of the Rou-ran biographies in Chinese official histories. In the final chapter, I synthesize the main themes and arguments I make in this dissertation. My research material is drawn from Chinese, Turkic, Arabic, and Persian language historical sources and archaeological data, including funerary inscriptions and architecture, tomb inventories, rock art, and the anthropomorphic stone statues of the periods under question.
Patterns Of Disengagement
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Author : Alan J. Berkowitz
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2000
Patterns Of Disengagement written by Alan J. Berkowitz and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
While the customary path to achievement in traditional China was through service to the state, from the earliest times certain individuals had been acclaimed for repudiating an official career. This book traces the formulation and portrayal of the practice of reclusion in China from the earliest times through the sixth century, by which time reclusion had taken on its enduring character. Those men who decided to withhold their service to state governance fit the dictum from the Book of Changes of a man who "does not serve a king or lord; he elevates in priority his own affairs." This characterization came to serve as a byword of individual and voluntary withdrawal, the image of the man whose lofty resolve could not be humbled for service to a temporal ruler. Men who eschewed official appointments in favor of pursuing their own personal ideals were known by such appellations as "hidden men" (yinshi), "disengaged persons" (yimin), "high-minded men" (gaoshi), and "scholars-at-home" (chushi). What distinguished these men was a particular strength of character that underlay their conduct: they received approbation for maintaining their resolve, their mettle, their integrity, and their moral and personal values in the face of adversity, threat, or temptation. This book reveals that those who opted for a life of reclusion had a variety of motivations for their decisions and conducted widely divergent ways of life. The lives of these men epitomize the distinctive nature of substantive reclusion, differentiating them from those of the intelligentsia who, on occasion, voiced their desire for disengagement or for retreat, but who nevertheless found or retained their places in government office. Throughout, the author places the recluse and reclusion within the social, political, intellectual, religious, and literary contexts of the times.
State And Society In The Early Middle Ages
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Author : Matthew Innes
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2000-04-24
State And Society In The Early Middle Ages written by Matthew Innes and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-04-24 with History categories.
This book, first published in 2000, is a pioneering study of politics and society in the early Middle Ages. Whereas it is widely believed that the source materials for early medieval Europe are too sparse to allow sustained study of the workings of social and political relationships on the ground, this book focuses on a uniquely well-documented area to investigate the basis of power. Topics covered include the foundation of monasteries, their relationship with the laity, and their role as social centres; the significance of urbanism; the control of land, the development of property rights and the organization of states; community, kinship and lordship; justice and dispute settlement; the uses of the written word; violence and the feud; and the development of political structures from the Roman empire to the high Middle Ages.
Patronage And Community In Medieval China
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Author : Andrew Chittick
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2010-07-02
Patronage And Community In Medieval China written by Andrew Chittick and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-02 with History categories.
This first book-length treatment of a provincial military society in China's early medieval period offers a vivid portrait of this milieu and invites readers to reevaluate their understanding of a critical period in Chinese history. Drawing on poetry, local history, archaeology, and Buddhist materials, as well as more traditional historical sources, Andrew Chittick explores the culture and interrelationships of the leading figures of the Xiangyang region (in the north of modern Hubei province) in the centuries leading up to the Sui unification. Using the model of patron-client relations to characterize the interactions between local men and representatives of the southern court at Jiankang, the book emphasizes the way in which these interactions were shaped by personal ties and cultural and status differences. The result is a compelling explanation for the shifting, unstable, and violent nature of the political and military system of the southern dynasties. Offering a wider perspective which considers the social world beyond the capital elite, the book challenges earlier conceptions of medieval society as "aristocratic" and rooted in family lineage and officeholding. Andrew Chittick is E. Leslie Peter Associate Professor of East Asian Humanities at Eckerd College.
Early Medieval China
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Author : Wendy Swartz
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2014-03-11
Early Medieval China written by Wendy Swartz and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-11 with History categories.
This innovative sourcebook builds a dynamic understanding of China's early medieval period (220–589) through an original selection and arrangement of literary, historical, religious, and critical texts. A tumultuous and formative era, these centuries saw the longest stretch of political fragmentation in China's imperial history, resulting in new ethnic configurations, the rise of powerful clans, and a pervasive divide between north and south. Deploying thematic categories, the editors sketch the period in a novel way for students and, by featuring many texts translated into English for the first time, recast the era for specialists. Thematic topics include regional definitions and tensions, governing mechanisms and social reality, ideas of self and other, relations with the unseen world, everyday life, and cultural concepts. Within each section, the editors and translators introduce the selected texts and provide critical commentary on their historical significance, along with suggestions for further reading and research.
Space And Function
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Author : Liqun He
language : en
Publisher: International
Release Date : 2022-11-30
Space And Function written by Liqun He and has been published by International this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-30 with categories.
This is a study on the Buddhist State Monasteries in medieval East Asia. It focuses on the evolution of monastery layout and examines how modifications in the architectural form correspond to the development of Buddhist philosophy and practice
Kingship In Early Medieval China
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Author : Andrew Eisenberg
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2008-01-01
Kingship In Early Medieval China written by Andrew Eisenberg and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with Social Science categories.
The institution of the Retired Emperor forms the innovative angle from which this study analyzes Classical Chinese political history (4th to 7th centuries A.D.) With the help of the ensuing insights the volume develops into a portal through which to gain understanding of broader patterns of political and social action relevant to the Classical Chinese monarchy. In this truly interdisciplinary approach Weberian historical sociological concepts are engaged as a means of bringing specific historical actions into a wider cross cultural comparative perspective and lays the basis for a new framework to think about kingship and succession in East Asia.
China
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Author : John Lagerwey
language : en
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Release Date : 2010-12-01
China written by John Lagerwey and has been published by Hong Kong University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-01 with History categories.
Over the last 40 years, our vision of Chinese culture and history has been transformed by the discovery of the role of religion in Chinese state-making and in local society. The Daoist religion, in particular, long despised as "superstitious," has recovered its place as "the native higher religion." But while the Chinese state tried from the fifth century on to construct an orthodoxy based on Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism, local society everywhere carved out for itself its own geomantically defined space and organized itself around local festivals in honor of gods of its own choosing-gods who were often invented and then represented by illiterate mediums. Looking at China from the point of view of elite or popular culture therefore produces very different results.--John Lagerwey has done extensive fieldwork on local society and its festivals. This book represents a first attempt to use this new research to integrate top-down and bottom-up views of Chinese society, culture, and history. It should be of interest to a wide range of China specialists, students of religion and popular culture, as well as participants in the ongoing interdisciplinary dialogue between historians and anthropologists.--John Lagerwey is professor of Daoist history at the ?cole Pratique des Hautes ?tudes and of Chinese studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is author of Taoist Ritual in Chinese Society and History and editor of the 30-volume "Traditional Hakka Society Series" as well as the recently published four-volume set Early Chinese Religion.-----
