Localizing Learning. The Literati Enterprise in Wuzhou, 1100-1600.
Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard University Asia Center. 2022. Stock ID #216659 An intellectual history of Song, Yuan, and Ming China written from a local perspective, this book shows how literati learning in Wuzhou (later Jinhua), a prefecture in China's Zhejiang province, came to encompass examination studies, Neo-Confucian moral philosophy, historical and Classical scholarship, encyclopedic learnedness, and literary writing, and traces how debates over the relative value of moral cultivation, cultural accomplishment, and political service unfolded locally from the twelfth through the sixteenth century. (Adapted from publisher's description) When referring to this item please quote stockid 216659.
Maps, coloured and black and white illustrations, xvi + 396pp, appendices, bibliography, index. Hardback in dustjacket, as new.
Price: $95.00 AU