Chinese Statecraft

Political Theory and Administrative Practice in Ming China

Timothy Brook, Lianbin Dai (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

2025
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-63613-1 (ISBN)

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A thoughtful overview of the Chinese tradition of statecraft: the practices that determined the duties and obligations of the state toward the people and that guided officials in the administrative practice of good government. Together these essays bring the Chinese historical tradition into the global history of responsible government.

Engaging the writing of the fifteenth-century Confucian theorist and chancellor of the Imperial Academy, Qiu Jun, these essays enlarge our grasp of both Confucianism and the Chinese state, exploring what educated Chinese imagined as best practice in meeting the challenges of administering the realm. Rediscovering statecraft in the Ming period allows us to think about the tradition of applied Confucian duty without the moralism dominating conventional Chinese intellectual history, redirecting that history away from purely philosophical terms. As Qiu reminded Emperor Hongzhi, this 'is not empty talk. I humbly hope that your enlightened majesty will give these ideas your careful attention when you have the leisure to reflect. The people of the realm have no greater wish.' Drawing together a team of leading historians, this volume provides a vivid sense of the day-to-day policy calculations of Ming government, and brings Chinese political thought into the mainstream of comparative political theory.

Timothy Brook, a historian of Ming China, is the Emeritus Republic of China Chair at the University of British Columbia. Lianbin Dai, a historian of late imperial China, is an Honorary Affiliate Lecturer in the Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia.

Introduction; 1. Statecraft Confucian Timothy Brook; 2. Ideological modules for diagnosing disorder Lianbin Dai; 3. The problem of monarchy Timothy Brook; 4. Waiting: the seniority system R. Kent Guy; 5. Relieving famines Pierre-Étienne Will; 6. Financial administration, market, and merchants Desmond Cheung; 7. The institution of penal prudence Jérôme Bourgon; 8. Feeling, the State, and the problem of filial revenge C. D. Alison Bailey; 9. Employing military force to rule the realm Wicky Wai-kit Tse; 10. Strengthening the army Jun Fang; 11. The limits of all-under-heaven Leo K. Shin; 12. Paramount boundaries Aaron Throness; Conclusion: Neo-Confucian learning as a knowledge practice for sociopolitical engagement Lianbin Dai; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	22.07.2025
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	570 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-009-63613-8 / 1009636138
ISBN-13	978-1-009-63613-1 / 9781009636131
Zustand	Neuware