Lineage and Community in China, 1100-1500: Genealogical Innovation in Jiangxi

ISBN-13: 9781032174693 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 240 str.

XI He

Opis

This book, based on extensive original research, provides evidence that the practice originated much earlier than previously understood.

Spis treści

1. Introduction Part 1. Jiangxi 2. Turning local, turning literary 3. Economic boom and its limitations Part 2. Tracing lineages 4. Naming versus co-residence 5. Writing down the genealogy 6. The lineage made real Part 3. Imagining communities 7. Impetus from religion 8. Loyalty in the Song-Yuan Transition 9. Taxation and land ownership from the Song to the Ming 10. The lineage as ideology in the Ming 11. Conclusion: The elite and the rest

O autorze

Xi He is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.