China's Gentry

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Author: Hsiao-tung Fei

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1980-09-15

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 0226239578

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These seven essays on the structure of Chinese society are based on articles contributed by Fei to Chinese newspapers in 1947 and 1948. Six case histories from a study of the gentry by Yung-teh Chow are appended. "The chief interest and charm of this book lie in the fact that it is not directed to the Western reader; these were studies written in Chinese, by an erudite Chinese, for a Chinese public. . . . Mrs. Redfield is to be complimented for her own careful research in preparing this translation for a non-Chinese public."—Robert F. Spencer, American Anthropologist

State versus Gentry in Late Ming Dynasty China, 1572–1644

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Author: H. Miller

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-12-22

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 0230617875

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This book looks at the bitter factionalism in the last days of China's Ming Dynasty as an ideological struggle between scholar-officials who believed that sovereignty resided in the imperial state and those who believed that it resided with the learned gentry.

State versus Gentry in Early Qing Dynasty China, 1644-1699

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Author: H. Miller

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-07-24

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1137334061

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Continuing the argument developed in the author's previous book, this exhaustively researched study describes the humiliation of the Chinese gentry at the hands of the statist Oboi regents in the 1660s and the Kangxi emperor's self-declared Confucian sagehood in the 1670s, which effectively trumped the gentry's claim to sovereignty.

China's Gentry

China's Gentry PDF

Author: Hsiao-tung Fei

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1980-09-15

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9780226239576

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These seven essays on the structure of Chinese society are based on articles contributed by Fei to Chinese newspapers in 1947 and 1948. Six case histories from a study of the gentry by Yung-teh Chow are appended. "The chief interest and charm of this book lie in the fact that it is not directed to the Western reader; these were studies written in Chinese, by an erudite Chinese, for a Chinese public. . . . Mrs. Redfield is to be complimented for her own careful research in preparing this translation for a non-Chinese public."—Robert F. Spencer, American Anthropologist

Praying for Power

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Author: Timothy Brook

Publisher: Harvard Univ Asia Center

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9780674697751

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In seventeenth- and eighteenth-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 fundraising 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.

State versus Gentry in Early Qing Dynasty China, 1644-1699

State versus Gentry in Early Qing Dynasty China, 1644-1699 PDF

Author: H. Miller

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-07-24

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 1137334061

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Continuing the argument developed in the author's previous book, this exhaustively researched study describes the humiliation of the Chinese gentry at the hands of the statist Oboi regents in the 1660s and the Kangxi emperor's self-declared Confucian sagehood in the 1670s, which effectively trumped the gentry's claim to sovereignty.

Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance

Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance PDF

Author: Joseph W. Esherick

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2024-07-26

Total Pages: 471

ISBN-13: 0520377281

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This important volume affords a panoramic view of local elites during the dramatic changes of late imperial and Republic China. Eleven specialists present fresh, detailed studies of subjects ranging from cultivated upper gentry to twentieth-century militarists, from wealthy urban merchants to village leaders. In the introduction and conclusion the editors reassess the pioneering gentry studies of the 1960s, draw comparisons to elites in Europe, and suggest new ways of looking at the top people in Chinese local social systems. Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance lays the foundation for future discussions of Chinese elites and provides a solid introduction for non-specialists. Essays are by Stephen C. Averill, Lenore Barkan, Lynda S. Bell, Timothy Brook, Prasenjit Duara, Edward A. McCord, William T. Rowe, Keith Schoppa, David Strand, Rubie S. Watson, and Madeleine Zelin. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.

The Chinese Gentry

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Author: Chung-Li 1919- Chang

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9781014217813

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