Synopses & Reviews
The fourteen papers in this volume re-examine the assumptions of how state power functioned in traditional China.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [441]-473) and index.
Table of Contents
Introduction: shifting paradigms of political and social order R. Bin Wong, Theodore Huters and Pauline Yu; Part I. Elite Education and Cultural Conventions: 1. Examinations and orthodoxies: 1070 and 1313 compared Peter K. Bol; 2. The formation of 'Dao learning' as imperial ideology during the early Ming dynasty Benjamin A. Elman; 3. Canon formation in late imperial China Pauline Yu; 4. Salvaging poetry: The 'poetic' in the Quing Stephen Owen; Part II. The Power of Faith: 5. Ajiao is aJiao is a? Thoughts on the meaning of a ritual Robert Hymes: 6. At the margin of public authority: the Ming state and Buddhism Timothy Brook; 7. Power, gender and pluralism in the cult of the goddess of Taishan Kenneth Pomeranz; Part III. Accommodations and Critiques: 8. Style and suffering in two stories by 'Lanzxian' Katherine Carlitz; 9. Ming-Qing women poets and the notions of 'talent' and 'morality' Kang-i Sun Chang 10. The scorpion in the scholar's cap: ritual, memory and desire in Rulin waishi Marston Anderson; 11. The shattered mirror: Wu Jianren and the reflection of strange events Theodore Huters; Part IV. Visions of Community and Social Order: 12. Confucian agendas for material and ideological control in modern China R. Bin Wong; 13. Community, society and history in Sun Yat-sen's Sanmin zhuyi David Strand; 4. Constructing the civilized community Ann Anagnost; Notes; Index.