Honor and Shame in Early China

Informationen zum Autor Mark Edward Lewis is Kwoh-ting Li Professor of Chinese Culture at Stanford University. Klappentext Lewis sheds new light on the early Chinese empires through an ambitious examination of evolving ideas about honor and shame. Zusammenfassung Shedding new light on the history of the early Chinese empires, Mark Edward Lewis explores the evolution of ideas about honor and shame. He shows that honor-shame discourse had a far-reaching impact on political structures, family and gender roles, and the public reception of writing in early China. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Honor and shame of the king and the warrior; 2. Acquired honor in the warring states; 3. State-based honor in the warring states; 4. Honor of the imperial officials; 5. Honor in local society in the early empires; 6. Honor and shame of writers and partisans; Conclusion.

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• Authors: Mark Edward Lewis, Mark Edward (Stanford University Lewis, Lewis Mark Edward Lewis
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781108843690
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84369-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, HISTORY / Asia / General, Ancient History, Asian History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, c 1 to c 500 CE