Structures of governance in Song Dynasty China, 960-1279 CE / Charles Hartman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartman, Charles, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--History--Song dynasty, 960-1279.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 452 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Charles Hartman presents a groundbreaking revisionist history of the political culture of Imperial China as dominated by a struggle between 'technocratic' and 'Confucian' views of governance. His analysis of the workings of Song governance both complements and extends his acclaimed previous work 'The Making of Song Dynasty History'.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Notes on the Cover and on the Text

Introduction

Contending Visions

An Historiographical Prelude

The Monarchy and the Political Economy

The Technocratic-Confucian Continuum

Outline of the Work

Part I Dual Faces of the Song State

1 Gentlemen versus Petty Men

2 Virtue versus Talent

3 Inner versus Outer: The Politics of Political Space

The Origins of Inner and Outer

Kaifeng

Lin'an

Inner and Outer Governance

4 Collective versus Unilateral Decision Making

Power and the Song Political Process

The Public Channel

The Imperial Channel

Into Southern Song

Conclusion

5 The Technocratic-Confucian Continuum

Views of Song Officialdom

Ministers of Confucian Learning

The Technocratic Specialists

The Paradox of the Finance Expert

Confucian Technocratic Aspirations

Song in the longue durée

A New Model

Part II The Technocratic and Confucian Models of Governance

6 Agents of Technocracy

The Imperial Family

Eunuchs

The Military Servitors

Clerks

7 The Northern Song Technocratic State

From Household to State

To Achieve the Great Peace

As Spokes to the Hub

In Pursuit of Pervasive Abundance

Regression: From State Back to Household

8 The Confucian Challenge

Overview

Classical Foundations

From Principles to Institutions

Agencies of Confucian Governance

Redefining Remonstrance

Part III Interactions

9 What Zhu Xi Told the Emperor

10 "Us against Them": The Southern Song, 1162-1182

Emperor Xiaozong and His Age

Dramatis Personae

First Skirmish

The Technocrats: Some "Capable Clerks"

Confucian Governance in Action

The Technocrats Regroup.

The Two Sides Come to Blows

Daoxue and the Great Body of the Court

Shi Hao and the Search for a Real Confucian

Xiaozong Rebalances Again

Zhao Ruyu Defends the Institutionalist State

11 Deeper Structures of Song Governance

Divergent Career Paths

Commanding the Divide

The Power of Patronage

Toward 1194 and Beyond

The Final Model

Epilogue

Appendix of Senior Administration Positions, 1162-1182

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 13, 2023).

ISBN:

1-009-23561-3

1-009-23562-1

OCLC:

1374428328