UID:
almahu_9949702333802882
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 348 pages)
ISBN:
9789004299337
Series Statement:
Sinica Leidensia ; 124
Content:
Ideology of Power and Power of Ideology in Early China explores ancient Chinese political thought during the centuries surrounding the formation of the empire in 221 BCE. The individual chapters examine the ideology and practices of legitimation, views of rulership, conceptualizations of ruler-minister relations, economic thought, and the bureaucratic administration of commoners. The contributors analyze the formation of power relations from various angles, ranging from artistic expression to religious ideas, political rhetoric, and administrative action. They demonstrate the interrelatedness of historiography and political ideology and show how the same text served both to strengthen the ruler's authority and moderate his excesses. Together, the chapters highlight the immense complexity of ancient Chinese political thought, and the deep tensions running within it. Contributors include Scott Cook, Joachim Gentz, Paul R. Goldin, Romain Graziani, Martin Kern, Liu Zehua, Luo Xinhui, Yuri Pines, Roel Sterckx, and Charles Sanft.
Note:
Preliminary Material /
,
Introduction /
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1 Representations of Regional Diversity during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty /
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2 Omens and Politics: The Zhou Concept of the Mandate of Heaven as Seen in the Chengwu 程寤 Manuscript /
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3 Long Live The King! The Ideology of Power between Ritual and Morality in the Gongyang zhuan 公羊傳 /
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4 Language and the Ideology of Kingship in the "Canon of Yao" /
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5 Monarch and Minister: The Problematic Partnership in the Building of Absolute Monarchy in the Han Feizi 韓非子 /
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6 The Changing Role of the Minister in the Warring States: Evidence from the Yanzi chunqiu 晏子春秋 /
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7 Ideologies of the Peasant and Merchant in Warring States China /
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8 Population Records from Liye: Ideology in Practice /
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9 Political and Intellectual Authority: The Concept of the "Sage-Monarch" and Its Modern Fate /
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Bibliography /
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Index /
Additional Edition:
Print version: Ideology of power and power of ideology in early China ISBN 9789004299290
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
History.
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