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Cover
Half-title page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Notes on the Cover and on the Text
Introduction
Contending Visions
An Historiographical Prelude
The Monarchy and the Political Economy
The Technocratic-Confucian Continuum
Outline of the Work
Part I Dual Faces of the Song State
1 Gentlemen versus Petty Men
2 Virtue versus Talent
3 Inner versus Outer: The Politics of Political Space
The Origins of Inner and Outer
Kaifeng
Lin'an
Inner and Outer Governance
4 Collective versus Unilateral Decision Making
Power and the Song Political Process
The Public Channel
The Imperial Channel
Into Southern Song
Conclusion
5 The Technocratic-Confucian Continuum
Views of Song Officialdom
Ministers of Confucian Learning
The Technocratic Specialists
The Paradox of the Finance Expert
Confucian Technocratic Aspirations
Song in the longue durée
A New Model
Part II The Technocratic and Confucian Models of Governance
6 Agents of Technocracy
Introduction
The Imperial Family
Eunuchs
The Military Servitors
Clerks
Conclusion
7 The Northern Song Technocratic State
From Household to State
To Achieve the Great Peace
As Spokes to the Hub
In Pursuit of Pervasive Abundance
Regression: From State Back to Household
Conclusion
8 The Confucian Challenge
Overview
Classical Foundations
From Principles to Institutions
Agencies of Confucian Governance
Redefining Remonstrance
Conclusion
Part III Interactions
9 What Zhu Xi Told the Emperor
10 "Us against Them": The Southern Song, 1162-1182
Emperor Xiaozong and His Age
Dramatis Personae
First Skirmish
The Technocrats: Some "Capable Clerks"
Confucian Governance in Action
The Technocrats Regroup
The Two Sides Come to Blows
Daoxue and the Great Body of the Court
Shi Hao and the Search for a Real Confucian
Xiaozong Rebalances Again
Zhao Ruyu Defends the Institutionalist State
11 Deeper Structures of Song Governance
Introduction
Divergent Career Paths
Commanding the Divide
The Power of Patronage
Toward 1194 and Beyond
The Final Model
Epilogue
Appendix of Senior Administration Positions, 1162-1182
Bibliography
Index
Half-title page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Notes on the Cover and on the Text
Introduction
Contending Visions
An Historiographical Prelude
The Monarchy and the Political Economy
The Technocratic-Confucian Continuum
Outline of the Work
Part I Dual Faces of the Song State
1 Gentlemen versus Petty Men
2 Virtue versus Talent
3 Inner versus Outer: The Politics of Political Space
The Origins of Inner and Outer
Kaifeng
Lin'an
Inner and Outer Governance
4 Collective versus Unilateral Decision Making
Power and the Song Political Process
The Public Channel
The Imperial Channel
Into Southern Song
Conclusion
5 The Technocratic-Confucian Continuum
Views of Song Officialdom
Ministers of Confucian Learning
The Technocratic Specialists
The Paradox of the Finance Expert
Confucian Technocratic Aspirations
Song in the longue durée
A New Model
Part II The Technocratic and Confucian Models of Governance
6 Agents of Technocracy
Introduction
The Imperial Family
Eunuchs
The Military Servitors
Clerks
Conclusion
7 The Northern Song Technocratic State
From Household to State
To Achieve the Great Peace
As Spokes to the Hub
In Pursuit of Pervasive Abundance
Regression: From State Back to Household
Conclusion
8 The Confucian Challenge
Overview
Classical Foundations
From Principles to Institutions
Agencies of Confucian Governance
Redefining Remonstrance
Conclusion
Part III Interactions
9 What Zhu Xi Told the Emperor
10 "Us against Them": The Southern Song, 1162-1182
Emperor Xiaozong and His Age
Dramatis Personae
First Skirmish
The Technocrats: Some "Capable Clerks"
Confucian Governance in Action
The Technocrats Regroup
The Two Sides Come to Blows
Daoxue and the Great Body of the Court
Shi Hao and the Search for a Real Confucian
Xiaozong Rebalances Again
Zhao Ruyu Defends the Institutionalist State
11 Deeper Structures of Song Governance
Introduction
Divergent Career Paths
Commanding the Divide
The Power of Patronage
Toward 1194 and Beyond
The Final Model
Epilogue
Appendix of Senior Administration Positions, 1162-1182
Bibliography
Index