Mourning in Late Imperial China: Filial Piety and the State

by Norman Kutcher

Book Overview

As a conquest dynasty, Qing China's new Manchu leaders desperately needed to legitimize their rule. To win the approval of China's native elites, they developed an ambitious plan to return Confucianism to civil society. Filial piety, the core Confucian value, would once again be upheld by the state, and laborious and time-consuming mourning rituals, the touchstones of a well-ordered Confucian society, would be observed by officials throughout the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521030188
• ISBN13: 9780521030182
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"