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Brush, seal and abacus : troubled vitality in late Ming China's economic heartland, 1500-1644 / Jie Zhao.
Van Pelt Library DS793.Y3 Z438 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zhao, Jie, 1954- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Merchants.
- History.
- Scholars.
- Intellectuals.
- China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
- China.
- Yangtze River Delta (China)--Social conditions--16th century.
- Yangtze River Delta (China).
- Yangtze River Delta (China)--Economic conditions--16th century.
- Intellectuals--China--Yangtze River Delta--History--16th century.
- Scholars--China--Yangtze River Delta--History--16th century.
- Merchants--China--Yangtze River Delta--History--16th century.
- China--Yangtze River Delta.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 267 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : The Chinese University Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- Chapter I Brush and Abacus: Scholars and Merchants Seek Profit and Place 11
- Commercial Contagion 14
- Scholars' Dilemma 23
- "Trade and Study" 27
- Profitable Niches 34
- Scholars and the Rise of Merchants 39
- Blurred Social Boundaries 49
- Chapter II Seal and Abacus: Officials and Their Agents Catch the Fever 61
- The Fusion of Seal and Abacus 62
- Masters and Bondsmen 68
- Tax Evasion 76
- The Case of Dong Fen 85
- Chapter III Tonic or Toxic? Scholars Contest the Implications of Profit 99
- Benefits of the Market Economy 100
- The Market and Moral Decay 106
- The Middle Ground 117
- The Debasement of Officialdom 120
- Chapter IV A Roiling Cauldron: Imperial Misrule and Factionalism Fan the Flames 127
- The Shadows of Hongwu and Zhang Juzheng 129
- Obstreperous Emperor 134
- Dogged Opposition 139
- The Grand Secretariat's Faction 146
- Rancor over Examinations 153
- The Guoben Controversy 160
- Institutional Erosion 165
- Partisan Divide at Home 171
- A Decade of Considerable Significance 174
- Chapter V Seething Protest: Great Families Provoke Public Outbursts 179
- Hai Rui's Abortive Populism 181
- The Huzhou Disturbance against Dong Fen 183
- Student Agitators 195
- The Songjiang Riots against Dong Qichang 198
- Chapter VI On a Sinking Ship: Gentry Reformers Respond to Crises 207
- Charity 209
- Tax Reforms 218
- Disaster Relief 227
- The Final Descent 233.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9629967766
- 9789629967765
- OCLC:
- 947145587
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