LEADER 04256nam 2200577 450 001 9910464678603321 005 20211012011830.0 010 $a0-674-72768-1 010 $a0-674-72642-1 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674726420 035 $a(CKB)3710000000087800 035 $a(EBL)3301386 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001115592 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11685722 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001115592 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11082895 035 $a(PQKB)10934139 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301386 035 $a(DE-B1597)213455 035 $a(OCoLC)874160920 035 $a(OCoLC)979755745 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674726420 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301386 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10836409 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000087800 100 $a20130520h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEmperor Huizong /$fPatricia Buckley Ebrey 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cHarvard University Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (696 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tTables, Maps, and Illustrations --$tPreface --$tNote on Ages, Dates, and Other Conventions --$tChronology --$tCast of Characters --$tGenealogy of the Song Emperors and Empresses --$tI Learning to Rule, 1082-1108 --$t1 Growing Up in the Palace, 1082-1099 --$t2 Taking the Throne, 1100 --$t3 Trying for Balance, 1101-1102 --$t4 Choosing the Reformers, 1102-1108 --$tII Striving for Magnificence, 1102-1112 --$t5 Placing Faith in Daoism, 1100-1110 --$t6 Embracing and Revitalizing Tradition --$t7 Welcoming Masters and Experts --$t8 Crafting an Image as an Artist --$tIII Anticipating Great Things, 1107-1120 --$t9 Pursuing the Monumental --$t10 Finding Plea sure in Court and Palace Life --$t11 Working with Councilors --$t12 Accepting Divine Revelations, 1110-1119 --$t13 Allying with Jin --$tIV Confronting Failure, 1121-1135 --$t14 Adjusting to Military Setbacks, 1121-1125 --$t15 Abdicating the Throne, 1125-1126 --$t16 Losing Everything, 1126-1127 --$t17 Enduring Captivity, 1127-1135 --$tAfterword --$tAppendix A: Reasons for Rejecting Some Common Stories about Huizong and His Court --$tAppendix B: Huizong's Consorts and Their Children --$tTimeline --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tChinese Character Glossary --$tIndex 330 $aChina was the most advanced country in the world when Huizong ascended the throne in 1100 CE. Artistically gifted, he guided the Song Dynasty toward cultural greatness but is known to posterity as a political failure who lost the throne to Jurchen invaders and died their prisoner. In this comprehensive biography, Patricia Ebrey corrects the prevailing view of Huizong as decadent and negligent, recasting him as a ruler ambitious in pursuing glory for his flourishing realm. After a rocky start trying to overcome political animosities at court, Huizong turned his attention to the good he could do. He greatly expanded the court's charitable ventures, founding schools, hospitals, orphanages, and paupers' cemeteries. Surrounding himself with poets, painters, and musicians, he built palaces, temples, and gardens of unsurpassed splendor. Often overlooked, however, is the importance of Daoism in Huizong's life. He treated spiritual masters with great deference, wrote scriptural commentaries, and urged his subjects to adopt his beliefs and practices. This devotion to the Daoist vision of sacred kingship eventually alienated the Confucian mainstream and compromised Huizong's ability to govern. Ebrey's lively biography adds new dimensions of understanding to a passionate, paradoxical ruler who, many centuries later, inspires both admiration and disapproval. 607 $aChina$xHistory$ySong dynasty, 960-1279 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a951/.024092 676 $aB 700 $aEbrey$b Patricia Buckley$f1947-$0637588 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464678603321 996 $aEmperor Huizong$91323246 997 $aUNINA