TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wang,Yuan-kang
TI  - Harmony and War: Confucian Culture and Chinese Power Politics 
T2  - Contemporary Asia in the World
SN  - 9780231151405
AV  - DS751.3 .W375 2011
U1  - 327.51 
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - Columbia University Press, 
KW  - Confucianism
KW  - History
KW  - China
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Harmony (Philosophy)
KW  - Militarism
KW  - Power (Social sciences)
KW  - Außenpolitik
KW  - gnd
KW  - Geschichte
KW  - Ideologie
KW  - Konfuzianismus
KW  - Strategie
KW  - Internationales politisches System
KW  - Kultur
KW  - Machtpolitik
KW  - Circumstantia
KW  - Postkommunismus
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; List of Illustrations --; List of Tables --; Preface --; 1. Confucian Strategic Culture and the Puzzle --; 2. Culture and Strategic Choice --; 3. The Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) --; 4. The Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) --; 5. The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) --; 6. The Ming Tribute System --; 7. Chinese Power Politics in the Age of U.S. Unipolarity --; Notes --; Glossary: Chinese Terms --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - Confucianism has shaped a certain perception of Chinese security strategy, symbolized by the defensive, nonaggressive Great Wall. Many believe China is antimilitary and reluctant to use force against its enemies. It practices pacifism and refrains from expanding its boundaries, even when nationally strong. In a path-breaking study traversing six centuries of Chinese history, Yuan-kang Wang resoundingly discredits this notion, recasting China as a practitioner of realpolitik and a ruthless purveyor of expansive grand strategies. Leaders of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) prized military force and shrewdly assessed the capabilities of China's adversaries. They adopted defensive strategies when their country was weak and pursued expansive goals, such as territorial acquisition, enemy destruction, and total military victory, when their country was strong. Despite the dominance of an antimilitarist Confucian culture, warfare was not uncommon in the bulk of Chinese history. Grounding his research in primary Chinese sources, Wang outlines a politics of power that are crucial to understanding China's strategies today, especially its policy of "peaceful development," which, he argues, the nation has adopted mainly because of its military, economic, and technological weakness in relation to the United States
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7312/wang15140
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231522403
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231522403/original
ER  -