- Description
- 1 online resource.
- Summary
- Volume 1 of 'Chinese History and Culture' explores how the Dao was reformulated, expanded, defended, and preserved by Chinese intellectuals up to the seventeenth century, guiding them through history's darkest turns. Essays incorporate the evolving conception of the soul and the afterlife in pre- and post-Buddhist China, the significance of eating practices and social etiquette, the move toward greater individualism, the rise of the Neo-Daoist movement, the spread of Confucian ethics, and the growth of merchant culture and capitalism.
- Series Statement
- Masters of Chinese studies ; volume 1
- Uniform Title
- Masters of Chinese studies ; volume 1.
- Subject
- Note
- Previously issued in print: 2016.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Audience (note)
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 8, 2017).
- ISBN
- 9780231542012
- OCLC
- EDZ0001724063
- Author
Yu, Yingshi, author.
- Title
Chinese history and culture : sixth century B.C.E. to seventeenth century / Ying-shih Yü.
- Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, 2017.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Series
Masters of Chinese studies ; volume 1
Masters of Chinese studies ; volume 1.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Audience
Specialized.
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