The Family in Classical China
Author: Hiram Parkes Wilkinson
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Published: 1926
Total Pages: 262
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Published: 1926
Total Pages: 262
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Published: 1926
Total Pages: 239
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Published: 1926
Total Pages: 258
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Mu-chou Poo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-06-21
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 1107021170
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book employs textual and archaeological material to reconstruct the various features of daily life in ancient China.
Author: Sing Ging Su
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781230241272
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II The Ancient Chinese Family System Passing from what may be called the formative period of Chinese social history, the period from primitive times to the Chow dynasty, 1122-1255 B. C, when the family system was in the making, we come now to a more advanced stage of Chinese civilization. It is generally said that the climax of the civilization of ancient China was reached under the Chowjdynasty. To a large extent, this is true. Besides the establishment of an efficiently working governmental system, many other social institutions assumed definite forms during this period, among them, the family system. The family system under the Chow dynasty deserves caroful and detailed consideration for it has been perpetuate 1 with relatively slight modifications down to the present dayi; The present system is essentially andfundamentally like its ancient predecessor. The study of the somewhat simpler system of the earlier period should help greatly in the analysis of the system of today. I. THE FAMILY LIFE OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE Family life under the Chow dynasty is portrayed as harmonious and happy. Popular sentiment regarding home life is well expressed in folk-songs of the time: "Happy union with wife and children is like the music of lutes and harps." The wife is depicted as frugal and industrious, loving her husband, rejoicing in her family.1 Among many poems of the period, describing the happiness of family life, the following ode gives a simple picture of a wife of the lower class: 1 She King (Translation by James Legge), pt. I, bk. II, odes II and IV. AH quotations from She King are taken from this translation. "How the dolichos spread itself out, Extending to the middle of the valley! Its leaves were luxuriant and dense. I cut it...
Author: Bret Hinsch
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2018-05-14
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 1538115417
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This pioneering book provides a comprehensive survey of ancient Chinese women’s history, covering thousands of years from the Neolithic era to China’s unification in 221 BCE. For each period—Neolithic, Shang, Western Zhou, and Eastern Zhou—Hinsch explores central aspects of female life such as marriage, family life, politics, ritual, and religious roles.
Author: Walter H. Slote
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 1998-07-10
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780791437360
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An interdisciplinary exploration of the Confucian family in East Asia which includes historical, psychocultural, and gender studies perspectives.