Violence in Ming-Qing China : An Overview
Let us begin with a basic fact : the level of violence in late imperial China was probably as high as that in any historical society in the world. Obvious as this may sound, it is easy to miss it. The entire central message of the package of literati values that we refer to as ‘Confucianism’, and e...
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2015
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| Online toegang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Samenvatting: | Let us begin with a basic fact : the level of violence in late imperial China was probably as high as that in any historical society in the world. Obvious as this may sound, it is easy to miss it. The entire central message of the package of literati values that we refer to as ‘Confucianism’, and especially after its elaboration into the so-called ‘school of principle’ or ‘neo-Confucianism’ (lixue) after the eleventh century CE, was certainly more energetic than most elite cultures in esteem... |
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