The Chinese Empire in Local Society : Ming Military Institutions and Their Legacies / edited by Michael Szonyi and Zhao Shiyu ; translated by Joel Wing-Lun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szonyi, Michael.

Contributor:

Zhao, Shiyu.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Series:

Historical anthropology of Chinese society series

The Historical Anthropology of Chinese Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.

China.

History.

China--History, Military--960-1644.

History, Military.

China--Social conditions--960-1644.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages).

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Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

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text file

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of contents

Maps

Contributors

Acknowledgments

1 State institutions, local society, and historical continuity: Ming military institutions from the perspective of ...

Notes

2 The social impact of changing patterns of military recruitment and logistics in Yongzhou, Hunan

The establishment of Taochuan Battalion and the institutional decline of the military

"Paying taxes to both the county and the Battalion"

Killers (shashou) in the Barracks system, and encouragement of permanent settlement

Guarding the mountain passes and the Barracks system

Conclusion

3 Military colonies and localization in Yongchun, Fujian

The military colonies of Yongchun and their soldiers

Colony lineages "enter lijia registration"

The Taiping Li

The Dapu Lin

The Tang of Dali

Marriage networks of colony lineages

Colony lineages and local public affairs

Conclusions

4 The evolution of temples in Jinxiang Guard and the localization of state institutions

The rise and fall of the Military Banner (Qidao) temple and the gradual abandonment of the imperial military ritual canon

The establishment of the Guard Daoist temple and the transmission of local Daoist sects

The spread of the cult to Duke Yan and the integration of coastal populations

The construction of Old Man Yang auxiliary temples and the militarization of a local deity

5 State and local society in the reform of the garrison system in the Qing Dynasty: A case study of Yuzhou Guard

Social unrest in the mid- and late Ming and the structure of local power

The Li lineage and the dispute over integration of the subprefecture and the Guard during the Ming-Qing transition

Converting the Guard to a county and the disputes over the integration of the subprefecture and the Guard during the early Qing

Cultural activities in Yuxian County and the eventual integration of the subprefecture and the county

6 Where are the Western Aborigines?: Ningfan Guard and the transformation of local society in southwestern Sichuan in ...

Garrison, household registration, and Xifan-Han relations

Private soldiers, family servants, and Han surnames

Surveying military colony fields, compiling genealogies, and status transformation

The garrison military households' role in shaping frontier society and the significance of the Ming-Qing state

7 The Green Shoots Crop Protection Associations of Taozhou, Gansu: Ming identities/Qing histories

Introduction

Social change sparked by the dissolution of the Guard and its conversion into a subprefecture

Community formation and land disputes

Han-Fan disputes and community formation

Notes:

Hui rebellion and local power organization.

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1000283240

9781000283242

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