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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808266803321

Autore

Song Jaeyoon

Titolo

Traces of Grand Peace : Classics and State Activism in Imperial China / / Jaeyoon Song

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Harvard University Asia Center, , 2015

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2015

ISBN

1-68417-082-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 434 pages :) : illustrations ;

Collana

Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; ; 98

Disciplina

951/.024

Soggetti

Chinese literature

Political culture

Politics and literature

China Politics and government 960-1279

China History Song dynasty, 960-1279

China Politics and government Philosophy

China Intellectual life 960-1644

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-408) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A brief history of the Zhouli, 200 BC-900 AD -- Part I. Wealth, power, and legitimacy -- The ascent of the Zhouli before the new policies -- The Zhouli and Li Gou's constitutional agenda -- The rise of the Zhouli during the new policies -- Part II. Bureaucracy and state management -- The new learning and the politics of etymology -- Premiership and the principles of bureaucracy -- The supreme ruler and political legitimacy -- Part III. Economic plans, social organization, and moral suasion -- Economic plans and popular welfare -- The realms of governance and education -- "Unify moralities and correct customs" -- Part IV. Political visions and plans for reform in the new policies -- The political geography of the Western Zhou -- The Fengjian system in the Zhouli -- The market, social organization, and military structure -- Afterward : taking back the Zhouli in Southern Song.

Sommario/riassunto

"Illuminates the interplay between classics, thinkers, and government in statist reform in Northern Song (960-1127) China and explains why the uneasy marriage between classics and state activism had to fail"--