Mourning in Late Imperial China: Filial Piety and the State
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions Series)
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As a conquest dynasty, Qing China's new Manchu leaders desperately needed to legitimize their rule. To win the approval of China's native elites, they developed an ambitious plan to return Confucianism to civil society. Filial piety, the core Confucian value, would once again be upheld by the state, and laborious and time-consuming mourning rituals, the touchstones of a well-ordered Confucian society, would be observed by officials throughout the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0521624398
ISBN13:9780521624398
Release Date:August 1999
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:226 Pages
Weight:1.02 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"
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