Witchcraft and the rise of the first Confucian empire /
Cai, Liang, 1977-
Witchcraft and the rise of the first Confucian empire / Liang Cai. - 1 online resource - SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture . - SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents -- List of Charts and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Numbers as Narrative and as Method -- Polyphonic Voices and Retrospective Constructions -- Who Were the Confucians? -- Summary of Chapters -- Chapter One: Minority as the Protagonists: Revisiting Ru (Confucians)(Confucians) and Their Colleagues under Emperor Wu (141-87 BCE) of the Han -- Ru, a Minority Group -- Backgrounds of Eminent Officials -- Principles of Hierarchy -- Where Were the Ru, the Huang-Lao Followers, and the Legalists? Sima Qian's Classification of His Contemporary OfficialsReassessing the Recommendation System and the Imperial Academy -- Sources of the Myth -- A Displaced Chapter: The Basic Annals of Emperor Wu (Xiaowu benji) of The Grand Scribe's Records -- Manipulated Political History: The Collective Biographies of Ru -- Chapter Two: A Class Merely on Paper: A Study of The Collective Biographies of Ru in The Grand Scribe's Records (Shiji) -- Ru Identity Suppressed by Conflicts -- Transforming Ru Into Confucians Xueguan in The Collective Biographies of RuInvoking a Sacred history of Ru Officials -- Genuine or Constructed History? -- Constructing a Homogeneous Textual Community -- Representing or Producing? -- Redefining the Principles of Hierarchy -- Sima Qian's Representation of Officialdom under Emperor Wu -- Tailoring the History -- Chapter Three: An Archaeology of Interpretive Schools of the Five Classics in the Western Han Dynasty -- Fragmented Scholarly Lineages -- Revising Sima Qian -- The Emergence and Proliferation of Interpretive Schools Continuity or DisruptionLocating the Turning Point -- Chapter Four: A Reshuffle of Power: Witchcraft Scandal and the Birth of a New Class -- A Fundamental Disjunction -- The Rise of Ru Officials -- Witchcraft Scandal and the Birth of a New Class -- Chapter Five: Begin in the Middle: Who Entrusted Ru with Political Power? -- Huo Guang's Dictatorship and Ru Discourse -- Techniques of the Classics (Jingsu?) and Legitimacy of the Throne -- Ru Officials Under Huo Guang and Emperor Xuan -- Moral Cosmology and Emperor xuan -- Who Entrusted Ru with Political Power? ConclusionRu Before the Rise of the Ru Empire -- Recruitment System of the Han Empire Revisited -- Appendix: Major Official Titles of the Western Han Dynasty -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Sources in Western Languages -- Chinese and Japanese Sources -- Index
"Contests long-standing claims that Confucianism came to prominence under China's Emperor Wu"--Provided by publisher
English.
9781461957577 1461957575 9781438448510 1438448511
2027/heb32987 hdl
Confucianism--History.--China
Witchcraft--History.--China
Confucianisme--Histoire.--Chine
Sorcellerie--Histoire.--Chine
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Spirituality--Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Confucianism
Witchcraft
China
Electronic books.
History
BL1840
299.5/120931
Witchcraft and the rise of the first Confucian empire / Liang Cai. - 1 online resource - SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture . - SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents -- List of Charts and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Numbers as Narrative and as Method -- Polyphonic Voices and Retrospective Constructions -- Who Were the Confucians? -- Summary of Chapters -- Chapter One: Minority as the Protagonists: Revisiting Ru (Confucians)(Confucians) and Their Colleagues under Emperor Wu (141-87 BCE) of the Han -- Ru, a Minority Group -- Backgrounds of Eminent Officials -- Principles of Hierarchy -- Where Were the Ru, the Huang-Lao Followers, and the Legalists? Sima Qian's Classification of His Contemporary OfficialsReassessing the Recommendation System and the Imperial Academy -- Sources of the Myth -- A Displaced Chapter: The Basic Annals of Emperor Wu (Xiaowu benji) of The Grand Scribe's Records -- Manipulated Political History: The Collective Biographies of Ru -- Chapter Two: A Class Merely on Paper: A Study of The Collective Biographies of Ru in The Grand Scribe's Records (Shiji) -- Ru Identity Suppressed by Conflicts -- Transforming Ru Into Confucians Xueguan in The Collective Biographies of RuInvoking a Sacred history of Ru Officials -- Genuine or Constructed History? -- Constructing a Homogeneous Textual Community -- Representing or Producing? -- Redefining the Principles of Hierarchy -- Sima Qian's Representation of Officialdom under Emperor Wu -- Tailoring the History -- Chapter Three: An Archaeology of Interpretive Schools of the Five Classics in the Western Han Dynasty -- Fragmented Scholarly Lineages -- Revising Sima Qian -- The Emergence and Proliferation of Interpretive Schools Continuity or DisruptionLocating the Turning Point -- Chapter Four: A Reshuffle of Power: Witchcraft Scandal and the Birth of a New Class -- A Fundamental Disjunction -- The Rise of Ru Officials -- Witchcraft Scandal and the Birth of a New Class -- Chapter Five: Begin in the Middle: Who Entrusted Ru with Political Power? -- Huo Guang's Dictatorship and Ru Discourse -- Techniques of the Classics (Jingsu?) and Legitimacy of the Throne -- Ru Officials Under Huo Guang and Emperor Xuan -- Moral Cosmology and Emperor xuan -- Who Entrusted Ru with Political Power? ConclusionRu Before the Rise of the Ru Empire -- Recruitment System of the Han Empire Revisited -- Appendix: Major Official Titles of the Western Han Dynasty -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Sources in Western Languages -- Chinese and Japanese Sources -- Index
"Contests long-standing claims that Confucianism came to prominence under China's Emperor Wu"--Provided by publisher
English.
9781461957577 1461957575 9781438448510 1438448511
2027/heb32987 hdl
Confucianism--History.--China
Witchcraft--History.--China
Confucianisme--Histoire.--Chine
Sorcellerie--Histoire.--Chine
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Spirituality--Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Confucianism
Witchcraft
China
Electronic books.
History
BL1840
299.5/120931