出版社: Harvard University Press
出版年: 2018-12-1
页数: 330
定价: GBP 32.26
装帧: Hardcover
丛书: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
ISBN: 9780674987142
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Shrines to Living Men in the Ming Political Cosmos, the first book focusing on premortem shrines in any era of Chinese history, places the institution at the intersection of politics and religion. When a local official left his post, grateful subjects housed an image of him in a temple, requiting his grace: that was the ideal model. By Ming times, the “living shrine” was legal,...
Shrines to Living Men in the Ming Political Cosmos, the first book focusing on premortem shrines in any era of Chinese history, places the institution at the intersection of politics and religion. When a local official left his post, grateful subjects housed an image of him in a temple, requiting his grace: that was the ideal model. By Ming times, the “living shrine” was legal, old, and justified by readings of the classics.
Sarah Schneewind argues that the institution could invite and pressure officials to serve local interests; the policies that had earned a man commemoration were carved into stone beside the shrine. Since everyone recognized that elite men might honor living officials just to further their own careers, premortem shrine rhetoric stressed the role of commoners, who embraced the opportunity by initiating many living shrines. This legitimate, institutionalized political voice for commoners expands a scholarly understanding of “public opinion” in late imperial China, aligning it with the efficacy of deities to create a nascent political conception Schneewind calls the “minor Mandate of Heaven.” Her exploration of premortem shrine theory and practice illuminates Ming thought and politics, including the Donglin Party’s battle with eunuch dictator Wei Zhongxian and Gu Yanwu’s theories.
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Sarah Schneewind holds degrees from Cornell University, Yale University, and Columbia University. She has studied the relations between state and society during the Ming era (1368-1644) in three books. Community Schools and the State in Ming China shows change over time in the local implementation of one policy, arguing that the center did not determine the policy’s course. A...
Sarah Schneewind holds degrees from Cornell University, Yale University, and Columbia University. She has studied the relations between state and society during the Ming era (1368-1644) in three books. Community Schools and the State in Ming China shows change over time in the local implementation of one policy, arguing that the center did not determine the policy’s course. A Tale of Two Melons traces the way the first Ming emperor, his advisors, and people at the local level interpreted one lucky omen. Shrines to Living Men in the Ming Political Cosmos argues that shrines to living officials (生祠) constituted, among many other things, a legitimate way for commoners to participate in politics under the autocratic, bureaucratic Ming monarchy. Schneewind has also edited a collection of essays on the image of the Ming founder through today, Long Live the Emperor! She teaches a lower-division survey course on Chinese, Japanese, and Korean history from 1200 BC to AD 1200, and upper division and graduate courses on Chinese history and on pedagogy. Schneewind has been President of the Society for Ming Studies, and runs a website called "The Ming History English Translation Project." She has also developed a digital tool called The Late Imperial Primer Literacy Sieve (http://ctext.org/tools/literacy-sieve).
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施珊珊谈生祠与明代政治
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在传统认知中,明代是中国专制主义发展的一个高峰。明太祖出身微末,以淮右布衣而君临天下,他的多疑、残暴和强烈的控制欲似乎给整个明朝历史都打上了鲜明的个人烙印。人们首先注意到的是那些荒唐的君王、跋扈的宦官和腐败的官僚,常常津津乐道的是严峻的刑法、激烈的党争和纷... (展开)东林反对魏忠贤修造生祠的根本性原因
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文 / 姜昊骞 由于明末权宦魏忠贤的恶劣影响,生祠长期以来是腐朽堕落的象征。美国汉学家施珊珊(Sarah Schneewind)则通过梳理史籍与方志,在《小天命》一书中详尽解释了明代生祠实践的全貌。 生祠是一种纪念官员的形式,表彰其爱民善政,以地方出资维持为主,有些甚至能延续... (展开)> 更多书评 21篇
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1 有用 寂為樂 2019-10-27 09:35:06
Schneewind的写作真是非常生动,喜欢
0 有用 虚一而静 2024-03-19 14:42:19 美国
就我对史料的阅读和思考所得而言,生祠不是什么好现象,作者太理想化了。
0 有用 魏禾Ifree 2022-02-11 20:59:29
Professor Bettine Birge课上的必读书目,有详细的英文读书报告,在豆瓣标记一下~
0 有用 虚一而静 2024-03-19 14:42:19 美国
就我对史料的阅读和思考所得而言,生祠不是什么好现象,作者太理想化了。
0 有用 魏禾Ifree 2022-02-11 20:59:29
Professor Bettine Birge课上的必读书目,有详细的英文读书报告,在豆瓣标记一下~
1 有用 寂為樂 2019-10-27 09:35:06
Schneewind的写作真是非常生动,喜欢