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 ho...

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Main Author:	Lewis, Mark Edward 1954- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2020
Subjects:	Honor / History / Political aspects / China Honor / History / Social aspects / China Shame / History / Political aspects / China Shame / History / Social aspects / China China / History / 221 B.C.-960 A.D.
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	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
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Nov 2020)
Physical Description:	Online-Ressource (vi, 258 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781108919678
DOI:	10.1017/9781108919678