Songs of Contentment and Transgression : : Discharged Officials and Literati Communities in Sixteenth-Century North China / / Tian Yuan Tan.
A discharged official in mid-Ming China faced significant changes in his life. This book explores three such officials in the sixteenth century--Wang Jiusi, Kang Hai, and Li Kaixian--who turned to literary endeavors when forced to retire. Instead of the formal writing expected of scholar-officials,...
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| Superior document: | Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 75 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2010. Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2010. |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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