Traces of Grand Peace : : classics and state activism in imperial China / / Jaeyoon Song.

"Illuminates the interplay between classics, thinkers, and government in statist reform in Northern Song (960-1127) China and explains why the uneasy marriage between classics and state activism had to fail"--

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Superior document:Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 98
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, Massachusetts ;, London : : Harvard University Asia Center,, [2015]
2015
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 98.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 434 pages :); illustrations ;
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Table of Contents:
  • A brief history of the Zhouli, 200 BC-900 AD
  • Part I. Wealth, power, and legitimacy
  • The ascent of the Zhouli before the new policies
  • The Zhouli and Li Gou's constitutional agenda
  • The rise of the Zhouli during the new policies
  • Part II. Bureaucracy and state management
  • The new learning and the politics of etymology
  • Premiership and the principles of bureaucracy
  • The supreme ruler and political legitimacy
  • Part III. Economic plans, social organization, and moral suasion
  • Economic plans and popular welfare
  • The realms of governance and education
  • "Unify moralities and correct customs"
  • Part IV. Political visions and plans for reform in the new policies
  • The political geography of the Western Zhou
  • The Fengjian system in the Zhouli
  • The market, social organization, and military structure
  • Afterward : taking back the Zhouli in Southern Song.