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Honor and shame in early China
Title:
Honor and shame in early China
Author:
Lewis, Mark Edward, 1954- author.
ISBN:
9781108843690
Publication Information:
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Physical Description:
vi, 258 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Hornor and shame of the king and warrior -- Acquired hornor in the warring states -- State-based hornor in the warring states -- Hornor in local society in the early empires -- Hornor and shame of writers and partisans
Abstract:
In this major new study, Mark Edward Lewis traces how the changing language of honor and shame helped to articulate and justify transformations in Chinese society between the Warring States and the end of the Han dynasty. Through careful examination of a wide variety of texts, he demonstrates how honor-shame discourse justified the actions of diverse and potentially rival groups. Over centuries, the formally recognized political order came to be intertwined with groups articulating alternative models of honor. These groups both participated in the existing order and, through their own visions of what was truly honourable, paved the way for subsequent political structures. Filling a major lacuna in the study of early China, Lewis presents ways in which the early Chinese empires can be fruitfully considered in comparative context and develops a more systematic understanding of the fundamental role of honor/shame in shaping states and societies.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 11000353 DS747.38 L49 yh
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