The Religious Ethic and Mercantile Spirit in Early Modern China / / Ying-shih Yü.
Why did modern capitalism not arise in late imperial China? One famous answer comes from Max Weber, whose The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism gave a canonical analysis of religious and cultural factors in early modern European economic development. In The Religions of China, Weber cont...
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- EDITORIAL NOTE
- EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I THE INNER- WORLDLY REORIENTATION OF CHINESE RELIGIONS
- 1. New Chan (Japanese pronunciation, Zen) Buddhism
- 2. New Religious Daoism
- PART II NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CONFUCIAN ETHIC
- 3. The Rise of New Confucianism and the Influence of Chan Buddhism
- 4. Establishing the “World of Heaven’s Principles”: The “Other World” of New Confucianism
- 5. “Seriousness Pervading Activity and Tranquility”: The Spiritual Temper of Inner- Worldly Engagement 77
- 6. “Regarding the World as One’s Responsibility”: The Inner- Worldly Asceticism of New Confucianism
- 7. Similarities and Differences Between Zhu Xi and Lu Xiangshan: The Social Significance of the Division in New Confucianism
- PART III THE SPIRITUAL CONFIGURATION OF CHINESE MERCHANTS
- 8. Ming and Qing Confucians’ View of “Securing a Livelihood”
- 9. A New Theory of the Four Categories of People: Changes in the Relationship Between Scholars and Merchant
- 10. Merchants and Confucian Learning
- 11. The Mercantile Ethic
- 12. “The Way of Business”
- CONCLUSION
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index