Mourning in late imperial China : filial piety and the state /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in Chinese history, literature, and institutions.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
