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Title
Confucianism and the succession crisis of the Wanli emperor, 1587
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Gardner, Daniel K., 1950- (Contributor)
Carnes, Mark C. (Mark Christopher), 1950- (Contributor)
Subject
Wanli, Emperor of China, 1563-1620
China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 (LCSH)
Confucianism--Political aspects--China--History--16th century (LCSH)
Emperors--Succession--China--History--16th century (LCSH)
Language
English
Geographic Coverage
China
Classification
LCC: DS753.6.W37 C37 2013
DDC: 951/.026 full
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Supplementary Content
bibliography
Content
text
Table Of Contents
Key names, old and new spellings, with simplified pronunciation
The exam
Introduction: The historical context
Game context: The historical record and counterfactual premises, after 1587
Basic outline of the game
Wanli Emperor
The first grand secretary
The grand secretaries
The impasse
Conclusion
Rules
Special rules
Behavior of Emperor during audiences with academicians
Punishment of grand secretaries
Historical context: The Ming Dynasty
Chronology of the Wanli Emperor : 1563-1587
Confucius and Confucianism
Confucius and his time
Confucian philosophy
Major concepts of Confucianism
On spirits and ancestors
Confucian morality and government
The ideological assumptions of the Chinese state : the establishment of a Confucian orthodoxy
System of exams under the Ming
Concept of history and dynastic rule
Oral presentations and writing assignments
Sequence of classes
Class 1: Introductory discussion of the analects; Selection of Wanlin; Questions to consider
Class 2: Discussion of analects; Selection of first grand secretary; Distribution of roles
Class 3: Ray Huang's 1587; FGS-Wanli interviews; Assignment of 1st memorial topics; Reading questions for Huang's 1587; Interviews and memorials
Class 4: First audience with Wanli; 1st memorials
Class 5: Second audience with Wanli; 1st memorials (continued)
Class 6: Third audience: Emperor-FGS response; Discussion
Class 7: 2nd memorials
Class 8: 2nd memorials (continued)
Class 9: Game concludes : post mortem/evaluation
Closing vignette: The story of Zhang Juzheng
Appendix A: Primary documents
"The canon of Yao" from The book of history
"The Shao announcement" from The book of history
Excerpt from Discourses on salt and iron
A memorial on rewards and punishments as a means of encouraging the minds-and-hearts of the people (submitted in the twelfth year of the Zhengde reign [1517])
Appendix B: "State and society under the Ming"
Chinese "culturalism"
Government unde the Ming
Society and culture undet the Ming
Foreign relations
The Ming economy
The end of Ming rule.
Authorized Access Point
Gardner, Daniel K., 1950- Confucianism and the succession crisis of the Wanli emperor, 1587
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Creation Date: 2013-10-25
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