Praying for Power
Praying for Power

Author: Timothy Brook

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-10-26

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 1684170184

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In 17th and 18th century China, Buddhists and Confucians alike flooded local Buddhist monasteries with donations. As gentry numbers grew faster than the imperial bureaucracy, traditional Confucian careers were closed to many; but visible philanthropy could publicize elite status outside the state realm. Actively sought by fund-raising abbots, such patronage affected institutional Buddhism. After exploring the relation of Buddhism to Ming Neo-Confucianism, the growth of tourism to Buddhist sites, and the mechanisms and motives for charitable donations, Timothy Brook studies three widely separated and economically dissimilar counties. He draws on rich data in monastic gazetteers to examine the patterns and social consequences of patronage.

The Origins of the Boxer Uprising
The Origins of the Boxer Uprising

Author: Joseph W. Esherick

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1988-08-18

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 9780520908963

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In the summer of 1900, bands of peasant youths from the villages of north China streamed into Beijing to besiege the foreign legations, attracting the attention of the entire world. Joseph Esherick reconstructs the early history of the Boxers, challenging the traditional view that they grew from earlier anti-dynastic sects, and stressing instead the impact of social ecology and popular culture.

The Origins of the Boxer Uprising
The Origins of the Boxer Uprising

Author: Joseph Esherick

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 0520064593

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In the summer of 1900, bands of peasant youths from the villages of north China streamed into Beijing to besiege the foreign legations, attracting the attention of the entire world. Joseph Esherick reconstructs the early history of the Boxers, challenging the traditional view that they grew from earlier anti-dynastic sects, and stressing instead the impact of social ecology and popular culture.

Of Camel Kings and Other Things
Of Camel Kings and Other Things

Author: Roxann Prazniak

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 1999-01-14

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1461639638

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From the perspective of village activists across China, this book tells the stories of farmers and rural laborers who raised the banner of opposition to constitutional reform during the first decade of the twentieth century. The author brings to life the stories of the Camel King of Zunhua county, Qu Shiwen and the Four Mountains of Laiyang county, and many others who criticized government modernization efforts, known collectively as the New Policy. Using county archives—-including oral histories—-as well as memoirs, periodical literature, missionary records, and official documents both Chinese and foreign, Of Camel Kings and Other Things constructs, from fragmented sources, a coherent historical view vital to our understanding of China's twentieth-century crises and the dilemmas of modernity itself.

Advances in Water Resources & Hydraulic Engineering
Advances in Water Resources & Hydraulic Engineering

Author: Changkuan Zhang

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-07-28

Total Pages: 2335

ISBN-13: 3540894659

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"Advances in Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering - Proceedings of 16th IAHR-APD Congress and 3rd Symposium of IAHR-ISHS" discusses some serious problems of sustainable development of human society related to water resources, disaster caused by flooding or draught, environment and ecology, and introduces latest research in river engineering and fluvial processes, estuarine and coastal hydraulics, hydraulic structures and hydropower hydraulics, etc. The proceedings covers new research achievements in the Asian-Pacific region in water resources, environmental ecology, river and coastal engineering, which are especially important for developing countries all over the world. This proceedings serves as a reference for researchers in the field of water resources, water quality, water pollution and water ecology. Changkuan Zhang and Hongwu Tang both are professors at Hohai University, China.

Culture and Power in the Reconstitution of the Chinese Realm, 200–600
Culture and Power in the Reconstitution of the Chinese Realm, 200–600

Author: Scott Pearce

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-03-23

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 1684173558

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The period between the fall of the Han in 220 and the reunification of the Chinese realm in the late sixth century receives short shrift in most accounts of Chinese history. The period is usually characterized as one of disorder and dislocation, ethnic strife, and bloody court struggles. Its lone achievement, according to many accounts, is the introduction of Buddhism. In the eight essays of Culture and Power in the Reconstitution of the Chinese Realm, 200-600, the authors seek to chart the actual changes occurring in this period of disunion, and to show its relationship to what preceded and followed it. This exploration of a neglected period in Chinese history addresses such diverse subjects as the era's economy, Daoism, Buddhist art, civil service examinations, forays into literary theory, and responses to its own history.

The Intellectual Foundations of Chinese Modernity
The Intellectual Foundations of Chinese Modernity

Author: Edmund S. K. Fung

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-03-22

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1139488236

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In the early twentieth century, China was on the brink of change. Different ideologies - those of radicalism, conservatism, liberalism, and social democracy - were much debated in political and intellectual circles. Whereas previous works have analyzed these trends in isolation, Edmund S. K. Fung shows how they related to one another and how intellectuals in China engaged according to their cultural and political persuasions. The author argues that it is this interrelatedness and interplay between different schools of thought that are central to the understanding of Chinese modernity, for many of the debates that began in the Republican era still resonate in China today. The book charts the development of these ideologies and explores the work and influence of the intellectuals who were associated with them. In its challenge to previous scholarship and the breadth of its approach, the book makes a major contribution to the study of Chinese political philosophy and intellectual history.

Bandits, Eunuchs, and the Son of Heaven
Bandits, Eunuchs, and the Son of Heaven

Author: David M. Robinson

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2001-10-31

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 082486154X

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On a spring afternoon in 1509 a local bandit found himself in the emperor's private quarters deep within the Forbidden City and in the presence of the Son of Heaven himself. This bizarre meeting was the doing of the eunuch Zhang Zhong, the emperor's personal servant and companion. In time court intrigue between competing palace eunuchs would lead to the death of this bandit-turned-rebel, setting off a massive uprising that resulted in China's largest rebellion of the sixteenth century. To understand how this extraordinary meeting came about requires a consideration of the economy of violence during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Here, for the first time in any language, is a detailed look at the role of illicit violence during the Ming. Drawing on court annals, imperial law codes, administrative regulations, private writings, and local gazetteers, David Robinson recreates in vivid detail a world where heavily armed highwaymen and bandits raided the boulevards in and around the Ming capital, Beijing. He then convincingly traces the roots of this systemic mayhem to economic, ethnic, social, and institutional factors at work in local society.

Land and Labor Tax in Imperial Qing China (1644-1912)
Land and Labor Tax in Imperial Qing China (1644-1912)

Author: Yongqin Guo

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-07-18

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9004512942

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In this volume Guo Yongqin provides an overview of land and labor taxes in Imperial Qing China (1644-1912). The previously unpublished fiscal sources and detailed introduction will be a valuable for resource on how the standardized tax system performed and affected the Qing regime.