Dry spells : : state rainmaking and local governance in late imperial China / / Jeffrey Snyder-Reinke.

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Superior document:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 311
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, Massachusetts ;, London : : Harvard University Asia Center,, [2009]
2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 311.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 314 p. :); ill., maps ;
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Headlines
  • A Tradition of Sorts
  • An Unruly Order
  • No Sacrifices Withheld
  • Master Ji's Rainmaking Method
  • The Importance of Being Earnest
  • Departures
  • Dong Zhongshu's Rainmaking Method
  • Master Ji Shenzhai's Complete Book of Rainmaking
  • On Officials and Secretaries Being in the Same Boat
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index.