04168nam 2200745 450 991051173550332120180613003020.090-04-31490-310.1163/9789004314900(CKB)3710000000666092(EBL)4528898(SSID)ssj0001672411(PQKBManifestationID)16470257(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001672411(PQKBWorkID)14940977(PQKB)10981679(PQKBManifestationID)16375343(PQKBWorkID)14941016(PQKB)22553509(MiAaPQ)EBC4528898(nllekb)BRILL9789004314900(EXLCZ)99371000000066609220160531h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrProblems of Han administration ancestral rites, weights and measures, and the means of protest /by Michael LoeweLeiden, Netherlands ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :Brill,2016.©20161 online resource (340 p.)China Studies,1570-1344 ;Volume 33Description based upon print version of record.90-04-31488-1 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Preliminary Material -- Introduction to Part 1 -- 1 The Concept and Application of zhaomu  -- 2 The Two Series of Imperial Cults -- 3 Zhaomu from Pre-Imperial Times to Eastern Han -- 4 Zhaomu from the Three Kingdoms to the Close of Qing -- 5 The Sites for Imperial Tombs -- 6 The Ming tang  -- Appendix to Part 1 -- List of Works Cited Part 1 -- Introduction to Part 2 -- 1 Sources of Information -- 2 The Standardisation of Weights and Measures -- 3 The Evidence of Han shu 21 -- 4 Inscriptions of the Zhan guo, Qin and Han Periods -- 5 The Jia liang hu 嘉量斛 -- 6 The Wei dou Vessel -- Conclusion -- Appendix to Part 2 -- List of Works Cited Part 2 -- Introduction to Part 3 -- List of Works Cited Part 3 -- Index.Michael Loewe calls on literary and material evidence to examine three problems that arose in administering China’s early empires. Religious rites due to an emperor’s predecessors must both pay the correct services to his ancestors and demonstrate his right to succeed to the throne. In practical terms, tax collectors, merchants, farmers and townsmen required the establishment of a standard set of weights and measures that was universally operative and which they could trust. Those who saw reason to criticise the decisions taken by the emperor and his immediate advisors, whether on grounds of moral principles or political expediency, needed opportunities and the means of expressing their views, whether as remonstrants to the throne, by withdrawal from public life or as authors of private writings.China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ;Volume 33.ImperialismSocial aspectsChinaHistoryTo 1500GenealogyPolitical aspectsChinaHistoryTo 1500Rites and ceremoniesChinaHistoryTo 1500Weights and measuresChinaHistoryTo 1500Protest movementsChinaHistoryTo 1500CriticsChinaHistoryTo 1500ChinaHistoryHan dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.DChinaPolitics and government221 B.C.-220 A.DChinaSocial life and customs221 B.C.-960 A.DChinaKings and rulersFamily relationshipsHistoryElectronic books.ImperialismSocial aspectsHistoryGenealogyPolitical aspectsHistoryRites and ceremoniesHistoryWeights and measuresHistoryProtest movementsHistoryCriticsHistory931.04Loewe Michael635017MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910511735503321Problems of Han administration2552720UNINA