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The Ledgers of Merit and Demerit. Social Change and Moral Order in Late Imperial China.
Cynthia Joanne Brokaw
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Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
The ledgers of merit and demerit were a type of morality book that achieved sudden and widespread popularity in China during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Consisting of lists of good and bad deeds, each assigned a certain number of merit or demerit points, the ledgers offered the hope of divine reward to users "good" enough to accumulate a substantial sum of merits. By examining the uses of the ledgers during the late Ming and early Qing periods, Cynthia Brokaw throws new light on the intellectual and social history of the late imperial era. The ledgers originally functioned as guides ... Read more
The ledgers of merit and demerit were a type of morality book that achieved sudden and widespread popularity in China during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Consisting of lists of good and bad deeds, each assigned a certain number of merit or demerit points, the ledgers offered the hope of divine reward to users "good" enough to accumulate a substantial sum of merits. By examining the uses of the ledgers during the late Ming and early Qing periods, Cynthia Brokaw throws new light on the intellectual and social history of the late imperial era. The ledgers originally functioned as guides ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691637181
SKU
V9780691637181
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