Family and Property in Sung China Yuan Ts''ai''s Precepts for Social Life

Informationen zum Autor Translated by Patricia Buckley Ebrey Klappentext Providing the best surviving evidence of the everyday thinking of the Sung upper class, Yuan Ts'ai's twelfth-century manual is the advice of a typical educated man on the concerns of managing a family, from rearing children and arranging their marriages, to avoiding social conflict, training servants, and managing property and preserving it for the next generation.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Zusammenfassung Providing the best surviving evidence of the everyday thinking of the Sung upper class, Yuan Ts'ai's twelfth-century manual is the advice of a typical educated man on the concerns of managing a family, from rearing children and arranging their marriages, to avoiding social conflict, training servants, and managing property and preserving it for the

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Patricia Buckley Ebrey (Traduzione), Ebrey Patricia Buckley (Traduzione)
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 19.04.2016
• Categoria: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Famiglia
• EAN: 9780691640327
• ISBN: 978-0-691-64032-7
• Numero di pagine: 380
• Serie: Princeton Legacy Library; Princeton Library of Asian Translations
• Categorie: Adoption, China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General, Marriage, Ancient China, land tenure, social status, income, Informant, Tax, Tian, Sociology: family & relationships, Wealth, Bankruptcy, Confucius, Payment, Clothing, Widow, Society and culture: general, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Consideration, theft, Mencius, Confucianism, Household, Utilitarianism, Extended family, deed, remarriage, property law, deference, resentment, sincerity, anecdote, Neo-Confucianism, Livelihood, Qing dynasty, Chinese culture, filial piety, Frugality, Chinese Literature, Song Dynasty, Philosopher, Ming Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, Family economy, good faith, Chinese Nationalism, grandparent, moneylender, personal history, Salary, spouse, Dowry, His Family, concubinage, Surname, Agriculture (Chinese mythology), Primogeniture, Medium of exchange, My Father, Domestic worker, Lu Yu, Kinship Terminology, Chinese Village (Tsarskoe Selo), Rectification of names, Stipend, Chinese kinship, Traditional Chinese characters, Thomas Metzger (sinologist), Family preservation, Women in China, Division of property, Chinese property law