The Traditional Chinese State in Ming Times (1368-1644)
Author: Charles O. Hucker
Publisher: Tuscon, U. of Arizona P
Published: 1961
Total Pages: 104
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The Traditional Chinese State in Ming Times
Author: Charles Oscar Hucker
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 85
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraditional Government in Imperial China
Author: Mu Qian
Publisher: Chinese University Press
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9789622012547
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProfessor Ch'ien Mu (Qian Mu) describes the basic constitutive elements of China's traditional government as it evolved. He concentrates upon those dynasties he considers China's most representative: the Han, Tang, Song, Ming and Qing; and critically analyzes and compares their governmental organization, civil service examination system, taxation, and defence.
The Ming Dynasty
Author: Charles O. Hucker
Publisher: U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
Published: 2021-01-19
Total Pages: 119
ISBN-13: 0472038125
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the latter half of the fourteenth century, at one end of the Eurasian continent, the stage was not yet set for the emergence of modern nation-states. At the other end, the Chinese drove out their Mongol overlords, inaugurated a new native dynasty called Ming (1368–1644), and reasserted the mastery of their national destiny. It was a dramatic era of change, the full significance of which can only be perceived retrospectively. With the establishment of the Ming dynasty, a major historical tension rose into prominence between more absolutist and less absolutist modes of rulership. This produced a distinctive style of rule that modern students have come to call Ming despotism. It proved a capriciously absolutist pattern for Chinese government into our own time. [1, 2 ,3]
The Civilization of Ancient China
Author: John Chinnery
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Published: 2012-12-15
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 1448885086
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChina is a country full of culture, life, and history that spans centuries. Readers explore these elements of ancient China through its art. Bright, colorful photographs show artistic depictions of the life and culture of China and how it has changed through the centuries.
The Confusions of Pleasure
Author: Timothy Brook
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1998-05-18
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 052092407X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. During that time, China, not Europe, was the center of the world: the European voyages of exploration were searching not just for new lands but also for new trade routes to the Far East. In this book, Timothy Brook eloquently narrates the changing landscape of life over the three centuries of the Ming (1368-1644), when China was transformed from a closely administered agrarian realm into a place of commercial profits and intense competition for status. The Confusions of Pleasure marks a significant departure from the conventional ways in which Chinese history has been written. Rather than recounting the Ming dynasty in a series of political events and philosophical achievements, it narrates this longue durée in terms of the habits and strains of everyday life. Peppered with stories of real people and their negotiations of a rapidly changing world, this book provides a new way of seeing the Ming dynasty that not only contributes to the scholarly understanding of the period but also provides an entertaining and accessible introduction to Chinese history for anyone.
The History of Government from the Earliest Times: The intermediate ages
Author: Samuel Edward Finer
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 476
ISBN-13: 9780198206651
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDeath Ritual in Late Imperial and Modern China
Author: James L. Watson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780520071292
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the late imperial era (1500-1911), China, though divided by ethnic, linguistic, and regional differences at least as great as those prevailing in Europe, enjoyed a remarkable solidarity. What held Chinese society together for so many centuries? Some scholars have pointed to the institutional control over the written word as instrumental in promoting cultural homogenization; others, the manipulation of the performing arts. This volume, comprised of essays by both anthropologists and historians, furthers this important discussion by examining the role of death rituals in the unification of Chinese culture.
A History of Chinese Civilization
Author: Jacques Gernet
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996-05-31
Total Pages: 836
ISBN-13: 9780521497817
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen published in 1982, this translation of Professor Jacques Gernet's masterly survey of the history and culture of China was immediately welcomed by critics and readers. This revised and updated edition makes it more useful for students and for the general reader concerned with the broad sweep of China's past.
Dong Zhongshu, a ‘Confucian’ Heritage and the Chunqiu Fanlu
Author: Michael Loewe
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2011-04-11
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9004194657
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe assumption that a system described as ‘Confucianism’ formulated by Dong Zhongshu became accepted as the norm during the Western Han dynasty (202 BCE – 9 CE) is challenged and his supposed authorship of the Chunqiu fanlu examined.
