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Record Nr.

UNINA9910494629703321

Autore

Israel George Lawrence <1966->

Titolo

Doing good and ridding evil in Ming China : the political career of Wang Yangming / / George L. Israel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-04-28010-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Collana

Sinica Leidensia, , 0169-9563 ; ; Volume 116

Disciplina

181/.112

Soggetti

Neo-Confucianism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Early Career -- 2 Pacifying Southern Gan -- 3 The Prince and the Sage -- 4 Sageliness Within, Kingliness Without -- 5 Benevolence on the Border -- 6 Subduing and Civilizing the Yao -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Works Cited -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In Doing Good and Ridding Evil in Ming China: The Political Career of Wang Yangming , George Israel offers an account of this influential Neo-Confucian philosopher’s official career and military campaigns. While his contribution to China’s intellectual history and the outlines of his political life are well known, the relation between his thought and what he did in his capacity as a Ming official has been given less attention. Prior writing on Wang Yangming has passed judgment on his ideas by either idealizing or condemning him for how he treated those he was assigned to govern. Through a detailed reconstruction of his career in the context of issues of empire, ethnicity, and violence, George Israel demonstrates that the truth lies somewhere in the middle.