Problems of Han administration : ancestral rites, weights and measures, and the means of protest / by Michael Loewe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loewe, Michael, author.

Series:

China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; Volume 33.

China Studies, 1570-1344 ; Volume 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism--Social aspects--China--History--To 1500.

Imperialism.

Genealogy--Political aspects--China--History--To 1500.

Genealogy.

Rites and ceremonies--China--History--To 1500.

Rites and ceremonies.

Weights and measures--China--History--To 1500.

Weights and measures.

Protest movements--China--History--To 1500.

Protest movements.

Critics--China--History--To 1500.

Critics.

China--History--Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.

China.

China--Politics and government--221 B.C.-220 A.D.

China--Social life and customs--221 B.C.-960 A.D.

China--Kings and rulers--Family relationships--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Michael Loewe calls on literary and material evidence to examine three problems that arose in administering China’s early empires. Religious rites due to an emperor’s predecessors must both pay the correct services to his ancestors and demonstrate his right to succeed to the throne. In practical terms, tax collectors, merchants, farmers and townsmen required the establishment of a standard set of weights and measures that was universally operative and which they could trust. Those who saw reason to criticise the decisions taken by the emperor and his immediate advisors, whether on grounds of moral principles or political expediency, needed opportunities and the means of expressing their views, whether as remonstrants to the throne, by withdrawal from public life or as authors of private writings.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction to Part 1

1 The Concept and Application of zhaomu

2 The Two Series of Imperial Cults

3 Zhaomu from Pre-Imperial Times to Eastern Han

4 Zhaomu from the Three Kingdoms to the Close of Qing

5 The Sites for Imperial Tombs

6 The Ming tang

Appendix to Part 1

List of Works Cited Part 1

Introduction to Part 2

1 Sources of Information

2 The Standardisation of Weights and Measures

3 The Evidence of Han shu 21

4 Inscriptions of the Zhan guo, Qin and Han Periods

5 The Jia liang hu 嘉量斛

6 The Wei dou Vessel

Conclusion

Appendix to Part 2

List of Works Cited Part 2

Introduction to Part 3

List of Works Cited Part 3

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-31490-3

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004314900 DOI