Revision of the author's China's cultural heritage. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The Ming Dynasty legacy -- The founding of the Ming -- The evolution of Ming institutions -- Ming culture -- Conquest and consolidation -- The fall of the Ming and the rise of the Qing -- The Qing empire: a brief overview -- The Qing political order -- Imperial rule and metropolitan offices -- Administrative integration and its limits -- Social and economic institutions -- Social classes and conflicts -- Forms of Chinese socioeconomic organization -- Language and symbolic reference -- Languages of the Qing -- The relationship between language and culture -- Thought -- The world of ideas -- The confucian moral order -- Daoist flight and fancy -- Religion -- State sacrifices -- Buddhism and religious Daoism -- Popular religion -- Arts and crafts -- Attitudes toward art -- Craft productions -- Painting and calligraphy -- Literature -- Categories of classical literature -- Vernacular literature -- Social life -- Early life-cycle ritual -- Marriage and beyond -- Amusements -- The late Qing and beyond, 1860-2014 -- Reform, revolution, and China's inherited culture -- Appendices -- Appendix A: a note on Chinese names -- Appendix B: weights and measures, exchange rates and costs -- Appendix C: regional differences and provincial stereotypes -- Appendix D: glossary of some philosophical concepts -- Appendix E: tables of contents of selected editions of the Wanbao Quanshu (1612, 1636, 1758 and 1828) -- Appendix F: some English-language writings on Honglou Meng (dream of the red chamber).
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