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" The age of Confucian rule : "
Dieter Kuhn.
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879446
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Kuhn, Dieter,1946-
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The age of Confucian rule : : the Song transformation of China /\ Dieter Kuhn.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, Mass. :: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,, 2009.
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History of imperial China
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356 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 25 cm.
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0674031466
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: 0674062027
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: 9780674031463
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: 9780674062023
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-340) and index.
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| Contents
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A time of turmoil -- Model rulers -- Reforming into collapse -- The Song in the South -- Three doctrines -- Education and examination -- Life cycle rituals -- Exploring the world within and without -- Transforming the capitals -- A changing world of production -- Money and taxes -- Private lives in the public sphere -- Dynastic rulers.
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Just over a thousand years ago, the Song dynasty emerged as the most advanced civiliation on Earth. Within two centuries, China was home to nearly half of humankind. In this history we learn why the inventiveness of this era has been favorable compared with the European Renaissance, which in many ways, the Song transformation surpassed. With the chaotic dissolution of the Tang dynasty, the old aristocratic families vanished. A new class of scholar-officials, products of a meritocratic examination system, took up the task of reshaping Chinese tradition by adapting the precepts of Confucianism to a rapidly changing world. Through fiscal reforms, these elites liberalized the economy, eased the tax burden, and put paper money into circulation. Their redesigned capitals buzzed with traders, while, the education system offered advancement to talented men of modest means. Their rationalist approach led to inventions in printing, shipbuilding, weaving, ceramics manufacture, mining, and agriculture. With a realist's eye, they studied the natural world and applied their observations in art and science. And with the souls of diplomats, they chose peace over war with the aggressors on their borders. Yet persistent military threats from these nomadic tribes, which the Chinese scorned as their cultural inferiors, redefined China's understanding of its place in the world and solidified a sense of what it meant to be Chinese.
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Civilization, Confucian-- History.
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Civilization, Oriental-- History.
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Confucianism and state-- China.
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15.75 history of Asia.
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Civilization, Confucian.
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Civilization, Oriental.
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Civilization.
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Confucianism and state.
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Confucianism-- Kina.
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Gesellschaft-- China-- Geschichte Sòng-Dynastie (960-1279)
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Intellectual life.
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Konfuzianismus
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Kultur-- China-- Geschichte Sòng-Dynastie (960-1279)
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Song Dynasty (China)
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Songdynastie
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Confucianisme.
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Cultuurverandering.
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Soeng-dynastie.
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China, Civilization, History.
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China, History, Song dynasty, 960-1279.
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China, Intellectual life, 221 B.C.-960 A.D.
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China
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China, Geschichte Sòng-Dynastie (960-1279)
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China.
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China.
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China.
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China.
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Kina, historia, 960-1279.
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Kina, intellektuellt liv, historia, 960-1279.
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| Dewey Classification
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951/.024
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DS748.55.K84 2009
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15.75bcl
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Cmbaakssb/8
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Koea.3kssb/8
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NK 3400rvk
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NM 9650rvk
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| Parallel Title
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Song transformation of China
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