Emperor Yang Of The Sui Dynasty

Author : Victor Cunrui Xiong
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780791482681

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Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty by Victor Cunrui Xiong Pdf

Looking at the life and legacy of Emperor Yang (569–618) of the brief Sui dynasty in a new light, this book presents a compelling case for his importance to Chinese history. Author Victor Cunrui Xiong utilizes traditional scholarship and secondary literature from China, Japan, and the West to go beyond the common perception of Emperor Yang as merely a profligate tyrant. Xiong accepts neither the traditional verdict against Emperor Yang nor the apologist effort to revise it, and instead offers a reassessment of Emperor Yang by exploring the larger political, economic, military, religious, and diplomatic contexts of Sui society. This reconstruction of the life of Emperor Yang reveals an astute visionary with literary, administrative, and reformist accomplishments. While a series of strategic blunders resulting from the darker side of his personality led to the collapse of the socioeconomic order and to his own death, the Sui legacy that Emperor Yang left behind lived on to provide the foundation for the rise of the Tang dynasty, the pinnacle of medieval Chinese civilization.

Author : Woodbridge Bingham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : China
ISBN : UOM:39015000048176

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The Founding of the T'ang Dynasty by Woodbridge Bingham Pdf

The end of the sixth century and the first years of the seventh marked the beginning of the "Golden Age" of the Sui and T'ang periods. After centuries of political disruption during which China had been invaded from the north and west and had been greatly affected by outside influences, chiefly Buddhism, the country was reunited under the Sui dynasty, 589-618. The latter year saw the beginning of the T'ang dynasty, an age of vigorous empire, which produced some of the world's greatest poetry and art, and which evolved a political and administrative system that was to be the model for future empires in the centuries to come. -- Preface.

Author : Arthur F. Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : China
ISBN : UOM:39076006869866

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The Sui Dynasty by Arthur F. Wright Pdf

Author : Victor Cunrui Xiong
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-28
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781535865159

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Gale Researcher Guide for: Expansion and Consolidation: The Sui Dynasty by Victor Cunrui Xiong Pdf

Gale Researcher Guide for: Expansion and Consolidation: The Sui Dynasty is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.

Author : April D. Hughes
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824888701

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Worldly Saviors and Imperial Authority in Medieval Chinese Buddhism by April D. Hughes Pdf

Although scholars have long assumed that early Chinese political authority was rooted in Confucianism, rulership in the medieval period was not bound by a single dominant tradition. To acquire power, emperors deployed objects and figures derived from a range of traditions imbued with religious and political significance. Author April D. Hughes demonstrates how dynastic founders like Wu Zhao (Wu Zetian, r. 690–705), the only woman to rule China under her own name, and Yang Jian (Emperor Wen, r. 581–604), the first ruler of the Sui dynasty, closely identified with Buddhist worldly saviors and Wheel-Turning Kings to legitimate their rule. During periods of upheaval caused by the decline of the Dharma, worldly saviors arrived on earth to quell chaos and to rule and liberate their subjects simultaneously. By incorporating these figures into the imperial system, sovereigns were able to depict themselves both as monarchs and as buddhas or bodhisattvas in uncertain times. In this inventive and original work, Hughes traces worldly saviors—in particular Maitreya Buddha and Prince Moonlight—as they appeared in apocalyptic scriptures from Dunhuang, claims to the throne made by various rebel leaders, and textual interpretations and assertions by Yang Jian and Wu Zhao. Yang Jian associated himself with Prince Moonlight and took on the persona of a Wheel-Turning King whose offerings to the Buddha were not flowers and incense but weapons of war to reunite a long-fragmented empire and revitalize the Dharma. Wu Zhao was associated with several different worldly savior figures. In addition, she saw herself as the incarnation of a Wheel-Turning King for whom it was said the Seven Treasures manifested as material representations of his right to rule. Wu Zhao duly had the Seven Treasures created and put on display whenever she held audiences at court. The worldly savior figure allowed rulers to inhabit the highest role in the religious realm along with the supreme role in the political sphere. This incorporation transformed notions of Chinese imperial sovereignty, and associating rulers with a buddha or bodhisattva continued long after the close of the medieval period.

Author : Wendy Swartz,Robert Ford Campany,Yang Lu,Jessey Choo
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 745 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231531009

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Early Medieval China by Wendy Swartz,Robert Ford Campany,Yang Lu,Jessey Choo Pdf

This innovative sourcebook builds a dynamic understanding of China's early medieval period (220–589) through an original selection and arrangement of literary, historical, religious, and critical texts. A tumultuous and formative era, these centuries saw the longest stretch of political fragmentation in China's imperial history, resulting in new ethnic configurations, the rise of powerful clans, and a pervasive divide between north and south. Deploying thematic categories, the editors sketch the period in a novel way for students and, by featuring many texts translated into English for the first time, recast the era for specialists. Thematic topics include regional definitions and tensions, governing mechanisms and social reality, ideas of self and other, relations with the unseen world, everyday life, and cultural concepts. Within each section, the editors and translators introduce the selected texts and provide critical commentary on their historical significance, along with suggestions for further reading and research.

Author : Kenneth M. Swope
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806185026

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A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail by Kenneth M. Swope Pdf

The invasion of Korea by Japanese troops in May of 1592 was no ordinary military expedition: it was one of the decisive events in Asian history and the most tragic for the Korean peninsula until the mid-twentieth century. Japanese overlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi envisioned conquering Korea, Ming China, and eventually all of Asia; but Korea’s appeal to China’s Emperor Wanli for assistance triggered a six-year war involving hundreds of thousands of soldiers and encompassing the whole region. For Japan, the war was “a dragon’s head followed by a serpent’s tail”: an impressive beginning with no real ending. Kenneth M. Swope has undertaken the first full-length scholarly study in English of this important conflict. Drawing on Korean, Japanese, and especially Chinese sources, he corrects the Japan-centered perspective of previous accounts and depicts Wanli not as the self-indulgent ruler of received interpretations but rather one actively engaged in military affairs—and concerned especially with rescuing China’s client state of Korea. He puts the Ming in a more vigorous light, detailing Chinese siege warfare, the development and deployment of innovative military technologies, and the naval battles that marked the climax of the war. He also explains the war’s repercussions outside the military sphere—particularly the dynamics of intraregional diplomacy within the shadow of the Chinese tributary system. What Swope calls the First Great East Asian War marked both the emergence of Japan’s desire to extend its sphere of influence to the Chinese mainland and a military revival of China’s commitment to defending its interests in Northeast Asia. Swope’s account offers new insight not only into the history of warfare in Asia but also into a conflict that reverberates in international relations to this day.

Author : William Hardy McNeill,Jerry H. Bentley
Publisher : Berkshire Publishing Group LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : World history
ISBN : 0974309109

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Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History by William Hardy McNeill,Jerry H. Bentley Pdf

The Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History is the first true encyclopedic reference on world history. It is designed to meet the needs of students, teachers, and scholars who seek to explore -- and understand -- the panorama of our shared history of humans. Anyone who loves history -- including those who are making history today -- will find this work an endless source of fascinating, thought-provoking coverage of events, people, patterns, and processes. To assure the highest quality, the encyclopedia was developed by an editorial team of over 30 leading scholars and educators, led by William H. McNeill, Jerry H. Bentley, David Christian, David Levinson, J. R. McNeill, Heidi Roupp, and Judith Zinsser. Its 550 articles were written by a team of 330 historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, sociologists, geographers and other experts from around the world. Students and teachers at the high school and college levels, as well as scholars and professionals, will turn to this defi

Author : Yihong Pan
Publisher : Center for East Asian Studies Western Washington
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028657257

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Son of Heaven and Heavenly Qaghan by Yihong Pan Pdf

Author : James D. Sellmann
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791489260

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Timing and Rulership in Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals (Lüshi chunqiu) by James D. Sellmann Pdf

Written by Lu Buwei, Master Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals influenced the king who became China's first emperor. In this text, Sellmann (philosophy and East Asian studies, U. of Guam) examines the life and times of Lu Buwei, and various aspects of the Annals including its structure, the concept of "perfect timing," the role of human nature, the justification of the state, and the importance of cosmic, historical and personal timing. He also suggests possible implications for modern concepts of time, human nature, political order, and social and environmental ethics. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Charles Patrick Fitzgerald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : China
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003871758

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Son of Heaven by Charles Patrick Fitzgerald Pdf

Author : Chinghua Tang
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781501138782

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The Ruler's Guide by Chinghua Tang Pdf

In the classic tradition of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, here for the first time in English is the timeless wisdom of China’s greatest emperor Tang Taizong (598-649 AD), which is still being studied more than 1300 years later as an invaluable guide to leading and managing. Tang Taizong is arguably the greatest Emperor in Chinese history. In Asia, many historians rank him with such rulers as Augustus, Genghis Khan, and Napoleon. When he founded the Tang dynasty, Taizong was only twenty-eight years old, and his chief accomplishments were on the battlefield, where he personally slew 1,000 of the enemy. Ultimately, he would defeat the descendants of Attila the Hun, open up the Silk Road trading route, create a golden age of prosperity and cosmopolitan culture, preside over a society in which women enjoyed higher status, and allow Christianity and Islam into China for the first time as well as introduce Buddhism into Tibet. His dynasty would last 300 years. Here, author Chinghua Tang presents conversations between Taizong and his gifted advisers that reveal core aspects of leadership, among them: how to appraise oneself and assess others, how to enhance organizational effectiveness, how to compete with rivals, how to grow power and influence without losing the respect of others, how to learn from the rise and fall of predecessors, and how to craft one’s legacy. An indispensable guide that is as relevant for a middle-manager, military commander, or athletic coach as for a school principal, political leader, or over-stressed parent, The Ruler’s Guide doesn’t just reveal the insights that have kept Taizong’s legacy alive, it spells out how that wisdom is a match for today’s fast-paced, ever changing world.

Author : Department of Commentary People's Daily
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9789813291782

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Narrating China's Governance by Department of Commentary People's Daily Pdf

This open access book captures and elaborates on the skill of storytelling as one of the distinct leadership features of Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and the President of the People’s Republic of China. It gathers the stories included in Xi’s speeches on various occasions, where they conveyed the essence of China’s history and culture, its reform and development, and the principles of China’s participating in global governance and cooperating with other countries to build a community of common destiny. The respective stories not only convey abstract and profound concepts of governance in comparatively straightforward language, but also create an immediate emotional connection between the narrator and the listener. In addition to the original stories, extensive additional materials are provided to convey the original context in which each was told, including when and to whom Xi told it, helping readers attain a deeper, intuitive understanding of their relevance.

Author : Stephen H. West,Wilt L. Idema
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780231538107

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The Orphan of Zhao and Other Yuan Plays by Stephen H. West,Wilt L. Idema Pdf

This is the first anthology of Yuan-dynasty zaju (miscellaneous comedies) to introduce the genre to English-speaking readers exclusively through translations of the plays' fourteenth-century editions. Almost all previous translations of Yuan-dynasty zaju are based on late-Ming regularized editions that were heavily adapted for performance at the Ming imperial court and then extensively revised in the seventeenth century for the reading pleasure of Jiangnan literati. These early editions are based on leading actor scripts and contain arias, prose dialogue, and cue lines. They encompass a fascinating range of subject matter, from high political intrigue to commoner life and religious conversion. Crackling with raw emotion, violent imagery, and colorful language and wit, the zaju in this volume explore the consequences of loyalty and betrayal, ambition and enlightenment, and piety and drunkenness. The collection features seven of the twenty-six available untranslated zaju published in the fourteenth century, with a substantial introduction preceding each play and extensive annotations throughout. The editors also include translations of the Ming versions of four of the included plays and an essay that synthesizes recent Chinese and Japanese scholarship on the subject.

Author : Paul U. Unschuld
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780520266131

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Medicine in China by Paul U. Unschuld Pdf

In the first comprehensive and analytical study of therapeutic concepts and practices in China, Paul Unschuld traced the history of documented health care from its earliest extant records to present developments. This edition is updated with a new preface which details the immense ideological intersections between Chinese and European medicines in the past 25 years.