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From warhorses to ploughshares : the later Tang reign of Emperor Mingzong / Richard L. Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Richard L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--History--Five dynasties and the Ten kingdoms, 907-979.
- China.
- Mingzong.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : HKU Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Mingzong (r. 926-933) was the most illustrious emperor of the Five Dynasties, and one of the most admired of China's middle period, the Tang to Song. A warrior of Shatuo-Turk ancestry, he ascended the throne of the Later Tang on the heels of a mutiny against his adopted brother, thus sparing his dynasty an early death. Mingzong's brief reign came to be heralded by historians as the "Small Repose"--a happy convergence of peace and prosperity. He marshaled a cluster of eminently able courtiers, men who balanced Confucian charity against the military discipline demanded in a time of transition. These years were marked by trade with bordering states, frenzied diplomatic activity, and a succession of defections from states to the north. Mingzong wisely eschewed military conflict, except as a last resort. Conservative in moral and legal matters, he introduced radical economic reforms that included deregulation of traditional monopolies and timely changes to the tributary system. Drawing extensively on primary sources, including Mingzong's spirited correspondence with his officials, this political and cultural biography brings to life a charismatic emperor who was held up as a model ruler by succeeding generations.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- People and places
- Royal passage
- Political events : the Tiancheng reign, 926-930
- Political events : the Changxing reign, 930-933
- Institutions, reforms, and political culture
- Volatile periphery
- Epilogue
- Chronology of events for the reign of Mingzong.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 5, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9789888313167
- 9888313169
- OCLC:
- 900223845
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