The Board of Rites and the Making of Qing China (eBook)

Macabe Keliher (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
288 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-97176-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The Board of Rites and the Making of Qing China presents a major new approach in research on the formation of the Qing empire (1636–1912) in early modern China. Focusing on the symbolic practices that structured domination and legitimized authority, the book challenges traditional understandings of state-formation, and argues that in addition to war making and institution building, the disciplining of diverse political actors, and the construction of political order through symbolic acts were essential undertakings in the making of the Qing state. Beginning in 1631 with the establishment of the key disciplinary organization, the Board of Rites, and culminating with the publication of the first administrative code in 1690, Keliher shows that the Qing political environment was premised on sets of intertwined relationships constantly performed through acts such as the New Year’s Day ceremony, greeting rites, and sumptuary regulations, or what was referred to as li in Chinese. Drawing on Chinese- and Manchu-language archival sources, this book is the first to demonstrate how Qing state-makers drew on existing practices and made up new ones to reimagine political culture and construct a system of domination that lay the basis for empire.
 

Inhalt

List of Illustrations
Preface

PART ONE. CONTEXT
1. Introduction: Li and the Qing State
2. The Manchu Ascendancy and Struggles for Power

PART TWO. FORMATION, 1631–1651
3. The New Year’s Day Ceremony
4. The Institution of the Emperor
5. The Administrative Order and Its Enactment

PART THREE. INSTITUTIONALIZATION, 1651–1690
6. Imperial Relatives in Service of the State
7. Completing the System: The Case of Imperial Dress
8. Codification: The Da Qing Huidian

Conclusion: Li, Qing China, and Early Modern Eurasia

Appendix One: Sons and Grandsons of Nurhaci and Šurhaci
Mentioned in the Text
Appendix Two: Banner Lords under Nurhaci and Hong Taiji
Appendix Three: A Note on Sources
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Schlagworte: administrative code • board of rites • Ceremonies • Chinese • construction of political order • diverse political actors • greeting rites • Institution Building • intertwined relationships • legitimized authority • Manchu • Modern China • new research approach • new years day • Qing Empire • qing state • State Formation • structured domination • symbolic acts • Symbolic Practices • war
• ISBN-10: 0-520-97176-0 / 0520971760
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-97176-9 / 9780520971769