Selfless Offspring : : Filial Children and Social Order in Medieval China / / Keith N. Knapp.
Both Western and Chinese intellectuals have long derided filial piety tales as an absurd and grotesque variety of children's literature. Selfless Offspring offers a fresh perspective on the genre, revealing the rich historical worth of these stories by examining them in their original context:...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2005] ©2005 |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) :; Illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Extended Families and the Triumph of Confucianism
- 2. The Narratives: Origins and Uses
- 3. Accounts of Filial Offspring: Models for Emulation
- 4. Filial Miracles and the Survival of Correlative Confucianism
- 5. Reverent Caring
- 6. "Exceeding the Rites": Mourning and Burial Motifs
- 7. Filial Daughters or Surrogate Sons?
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Variants of the Ding Lan Tale
- Notes
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author