Community Schools and the State in Ming China

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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According to imperial edict in pre-modern China, an elementary school was to be established in every village in the empire for any boy to attend. This book looks at how the schools worked, how they changed over time, and who promoted them and why. Over the course of the Ming period (1368-1644), schools were sponsored first by the emperor, then by the central bureaucracy, then by local officials, and finally by the people themselves. The changing uses of schools helps us to understand how the Ming state related to society over the course of nearly 300 years, and what they can show us about community and political debates then and now.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-03-21
Mått152 x 229 x 24 mm
Vikt549 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor312
FörlagStanford University Press
ISBN9780804751742

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Ming Reign Periods One: Introduction Two: Shaky Foundations: the Early Ming The Myth of the Ming Founder Invention? Abolition? Obeying the Law? Preserving the Laws? The Early Ming in the Historiography of Community Schools Three: Borders and Bureaucrats: the Middle Ming Memorials The Civilizing Mission Revising the Founder's Vision Testing the Impact of Edicts Four: Heros of the High Ming Whose Responsibility? The Rhetoric of Commemorative Records Wo Pan, 1481: A Gazetteer Records Adaption of Hongwu Institutions Zhang Bi, 1478: Idols Consigned to Water and Fire The Attack on Improper Shrines Intolerance and Syncretism Explaining Heroism Xu Jie, 1533: Exploiting Heroism Two poems on community schools. Five: Philosophy and Politics in Community School Curricula The Basic Curriculum Wang Yangming: Moral Development Gui E: The Separate Hall System Wei Jiao: The Compound System No Family Left Behind The Unity of Knowledge and Practice Education and Autocracy Six: Community Schools in Ming Society Pupils Teachers Funding Buildings A Mixed Blessing Seven: The Locality Fights Back: the Late Ming Localizing Gazetteers Reviving Temples Taking Charge The Complex of Local Institutions Local History and Ming State Institutions Eight: Conclusion Community Schools and Ming Autocracy The Ming State Appendices Eight books included in Great Instruction Records analyzed in chapter four, in chronological order Translations of three commemorative records Tables Glossary Bibliographies Gazetteers Other works cited Gazetteers consulted by Wang Lanyin Index

"... a substantial, refined, and very readable analysis of the development and significance of village elementary schools, called 'community schools' shexue, in Ming China (1368-1644)." - New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies "Sarah Schneewind must be thanked for producing a clearly argued, comprehensive, and up-to-date study on the subject. This book will be most useful for anyone interested in Ming political and social history."--Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies "..meticulously researched and eloquently written..." - American Historical Review