Huizhou : : Local identity and mercantile lineage culture in Ming China /

Huizhou : : Local identity and mercantile lineage culture in Ming China / / Qitao Guo.

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"Huizhou studies the construction of local identity through kinship in Huizhou prefecture, the most prominent merchant stronghold of Ming China. Making use of an array of untapped genealogies and other sources, Qitao Guo explores how developments in the sociocultural, religious, and gender real...

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Guo, Qitao,
Place / Publishing House:Oakland, California : : University of California Press,, 2022.
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Map of Huizhou
  • Introduction
  • PART I: Local Identity
  • 1 Cheng Minzheng and the Rise of Huizhou Consciousness
  • 2 A Land of Prominent Lineages
  • PART II: Mercantile Lineage Culture
  • 3 Wang Daokun and the Promotion of Mercantile Lineage Culture
  • 4 “A Confucian Heartland of Women”
  • 5 The Local Religious Order
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix Summary of Wang Daokun’s Huizhou Merchant Biographies
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Chinese Character Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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