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Book SynopsisCombining the efforts of scholars of history, literature and the social sciences, the essays collected in this volume explore some of the ways culture interacted with political power in late imperial China.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: 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.
