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Friendship through fourteenth-century fissures : Dai Liang, Wu Sidao and Ding Henian
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Gerritsen, Anne (2007) Friendship through fourteenth-century fissures : Dai Liang, Wu Sidao and Ding Henian. Nan Nü, Vol.9 (No.1). pp. 34-69. doi:10.1163/138768007X171713 ISSN 1387-6805.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/138768007X171713
Abstract
This essay analyzes one set of male bonds—the relationships between three men in the Yuan-Ming transition—to understand the range of meanings assigned to the practice of friendship in the fourteenth century. Through the exchange of writings, the three men constructed a friendship based on shared cultural ideas that was more valuable to them than the ethnic, regional, and political differences between them. At a time when the violence and disruptions associated with the Yuan-Ming transition and the lack of access to examinations and the civil service created a crisis in masculinity, these friendships allowed them to create a space where masculine values could be shared and expressed.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DS Asia | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Male friendship, China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Nan Nü | ||||
Publisher: | Brill | ||||
ISSN: | 1387-6805 | ||||
Official Date: | 2007 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.9 | ||||
Number: | No.1 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 34-69 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1163/138768007X171713 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) |
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