Huizhou : Local identity and mercantile lineage culture in Ming China / Qitao Guo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guo, Qitao, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mercantile system.

She Xian (Anhui Sheng, China)--Social conditions--15th century.

She Xian (Anhui Sheng, China).

She Xian (Anhui Sheng, China)--Social conditions--16th century.

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

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Huizhou

Place of Publication:

University of California Press 2022

Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2022.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"Huizhou studies the construction of local identity through kinship in Huizhou prefecture, the most prominent merchant stronghold of Ming China. Making use of an array of untapped genealogies and other sources, Qitao Guo explores how developments in the sociocultural, religious, and gender realms in the fifteenth to sixteenth centuries intertwined to shape Huizhou identity as a land of "prominent lineages." This gentrified self-image both sheltered and guided the development of mercantile lineages, which were further bolstered by the gender regime and the local religious order. As Guo demonstrates, the discrepancy between representation and practice helps explain Huizhou's triumphs. The more active the economy became, the more those central to its commercialization embraced conservative sociocultural norms. Home lineages embraced neo-Confucian orthodoxy even as they provided the financial and logistical support to assure the success of Huizhou merchants. The end result was not "capitalism" but gentrified mercantile lineage culture with Chinese-or Huizhou-characteristics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Map of Huizhou

Introduction

PART I: Local Identity

1 Cheng Minzheng and the Rise of Huizhou Consciousness

2 A Land of Prominent Lineages

PART II: Mercantile Lineage Culture

3 Wang Daokun and the Promotion of Mercantile Lineage Culture

4 “A Confucian Heartland of Women”

5 The Local Religious Order

Conclusion

Appendix Summary of Wang Daokun’s Huizhou Merchant Biographies

Abbreviations

Notes

Chinese Character Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780520385221

0520385225

OCLC:

1334343596