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Kai-Wing Chow - The Rise of Confucian Ritualism in Late Imperial China. Ethics, Classics and Lineage Discourse.  - 9780804721738 - V9780804721738
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The Rise of Confucian Ritualism in Late Imperial China. Ethics, Classics and Lineage Discourse.

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Description for The Rise of Confucian Ritualism in Late Imperial China. Ethics, Classics and Lineage Discourse. Hardback. This pathbreaking work argues that the major intellectual trend in China from the 17th through the early 19th century was Confucian ritualism, as expressed in ethics, classical learning, and discourse on lineage. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 688.

This pathbreaking work argues that the major intellectual trend in China from the seventeenth through the early nineteenth century was Confucian ritualism, as expressed in ethics, classical learning, and discourse on lineage.

Reviews

"Chow has produced a work of superb scholarship, fluently written and beautifully researched. . . . One of the landmarks of the current reconstruction of the social philosophy of the Qing dynasty. . . . Chow's book is indispensable. It has illuminating analyses of many mainstream writers, institutions, and social categories in eighteenth-century China which have never previously been examined."

—Canadian Journal of History

"Chow's monograph moves ... Read more

—Journal of Chinese Religion

"Chow's book is an excellent contribution to recent scholarship on the intellectual history of the Confucian tradition and provides a balance for other studies that have emphasized ideas to the exclusion of symbols."

—The Historian

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
Number of Pages
356
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804721738
SKU
V9780804721738
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

Reviews for The Rise of Confucian Ritualism in Late Imperial China. Ethics, Classics and Lineage Discourse.
"Wide-ranging, exhaustively documented, bold in its interpretations, and attuned simultaneously to questions of intellectual and social history—a rarity in sinological studies—this work will cause a sweeping reassessment of the eighteenth century in modern China's 'Confucian' past. The author's exciting new interpretation of textual scholarship and classical studies both challenges existing theories in modern Chinese intellectual history and adds rich support ... Read more

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