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Norms and the State in China

The central theme of this volume is the Chinese concept of chiao-hua, "Transformation by Instruction": the ancient idea that moral guidance in all spheres of life is one of the most essential tasks of leadership at all levels, from the central government down to local elites. Within this g...

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Other Authors: Huang, Junjie (Editor) , Zürcher, Erik (Editor)
Format: Book/Monograph
Language:English
Published: Leiden Boston BRILL 1993
Series:Sinica Leidensia 28
Sinica Leidensia Online, ISBN: 9789004498488
Volumes / Articles: Show Volumes / Articles.
DOI:10.1163/9789004482685
Online Access:Resolving-System, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004482685
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Author Notes:edited byChun-chieh Huang, Erik Zürcher
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material Chun-Chier Huang and Erik Zürcher
  • Preface Chi-fang Huang
  • Introduction Chun-Chier Huang and Erik Zürcher
  • Homo-Cosmic Continuum: Normativity and its Difficulties in Ancient China Chun-chieh Huang and Kuang-ming Wu
  • Some Ways of Instilling Confucian Values at the Village Level Monika Übelhör
  • Regulation of Consumption and the Institution of Correct Morality by the Ming State Craig Clunas
  • The Ideological Manipulation of Traditional Drama in Ming Times Wilt L. Idema
  • A Complement to Confucianism E. Zürcher
  • The Propagation of Female Ideals in Late Imperial China Harriet T. Zurndorfer
  • Operating in the Chinese Public Sphere Rudolf G. Wagner
  • Confucianism in Postwar Taiwan Chun-chieh Huang
  • Confucianism in Mainland China Today Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard
  • Norms and their Popularization Rita Ching-Ann Chou
  • Feminist View on Gender Relationship in Contemporary Taiwan Elaine Yi-lan Tsui
  • Language Norms and their Propagation Marien E. van den Berg
  • The Formation of Chinese Norms and Their Popularization Alexander Chien-Chung Yin
  • Narrating the Text David E. Apter
  • Where Does Correct Party History Come From? Tony Saich
  • The Proscription and Prescription of Political Terminology by the Central Authorities, 1949-1989 Michael Schoenhals
  • Role Modelling in Mainland China During the "Four Modernizations" Era Stefan R. Landsberger
  • Rules for Writing Contemporary History Eduard B. Vermeer
  • The 1989 People's Movement Frank N. Pieke
  • Sinica Leidensia Chun-Chier Huang and Erik Zürcher.

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