The Qing Dynasty and traditional Chinese culture / Richard J. Smith.
Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944- author.
2015
DS754.14 .S6 2015 (Mapit)
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Title The Qing Dynasty and traditional Chinese culture / Richard J. Smith.
Author Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944- author.
Uniform Title China's cultural heritage
ISBN 9781442221932 (paperback)
1442221933 (paperback)
9781442221925 (hardcover)
1442221925 (hardcover)
Published Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
Language English
Description xii, 612 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Call Number DS754.14 .S6 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification 951/.03
Summary "The Qing dynasty (1636-1912)--a crucial bridge between "traditional" and "modern" China--was remarkable for its expansiveness and cultural sophistication. This engaging and insightful history of Qing political, social, and cultural life traces the complex interaction between the Inner Asian traditions of the Manchus, who conquered China in 1644, and indigenous Chinese cultural traditions. Noted historian Richard J. Smith argues that the pragmatic Qing emperors presented a "Chinese" face to their subjects who lived south of the Great Wall and other ethnic faces (particularly Manchu, Mongolian, Central Asian, and Tibetan) to subjects in other parts of their vast multicultural empire. They were attracted by many aspects of Chinese culture, but far from being completely "sinicized" as many scholars argue, they were also proud of their own cultural traditions and interested in other cultures as well. Setting Qing dynasty culture in historical and global perspective, Smith shows how the Chinese of the era viewed the world; how their outlook was expressed in their institutions, material culture, and customs; and how China's preoccupation with order, unity, and harmony contributed to the civilization's remarkable cohesiveness and continuity. Nuanced and wide-ranging, his authoritative book provides an essential introduction to late imperial Chinese culture and society."--Publisher's description.
Note Revision of the author's China's cultural heritage.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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The Ming Dynasty legacy
The establishment of the Ming
The evolution of Ming institutions
Ming culture
Conquest and consolidation
The fall of the Ming and the rise of the Qing
The Qing empire after 1644: a brief overview
The Qing political order
Imperial rule and metropolitan offices
Administrative integration
Social and economic institutions
Social classes
Forms of Chinese socioeconomic organization
Language and symbolic reference
Distinctive features of the Chinese language
Mencius meets King Hui
Type of Chinese characters
Some common radicals
Language and culture
Patterns of thought
The Chinese intellectual world
The Confucian moral order
Daoist flight and fancy
Religious life
State sacrifices
Buddhism and religious Daoism
Popular religion
Arts and crafts
Attitudes toward art
Crafts
Painting and calligraphy
Literary trends
Categories of classical literature
Vernacular literature
Social life
Early lifecycle ritual
Marriage and beyond
Amusements
The late Qing and beyond, 1860-2014
Reform, revolution, and China's inherited culture
Appendices
Appendix A: a note on Chinese names
Appendix B: weights and measures, exchange rates and costs
Appendix C: regional differences and provincial stereotypes
Appendix D: glossary of some philosophical concepts
Appendix E: tables of contents of selected editions of the Wanbao Quanshu (1612, 1636, 1758 and 1828)
Appendix F: some English-language writings on Honglou Meng (Dream of the red chamber)
Appendix G: the three-character classic.

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