Gerritsen, Anne (2007) Ji'an literati and the local in Song-Yuan-Ming China. China studies, 13 . Leiden ; Boston: Brill ; Biggleswade. ISBN 9789004156036

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Abstract

Drawing on largely local sources, including local gazetteers and literati inscriptions for religious sites, this book offers a comprehensive examination of what it means to be 'local' during the Southern Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties in Ji'an prefecture (Jiangxi). It argues that 'belonging locally' was important to Ji'an literati throughout this period. How they achieved that, however, changed significantly. Southern Song and Yuan literati wrote about religious sites from within their local communities, but their early Ming counterparts wrote about local temples from their posts at the capital, seeking to transform local sites from a distance. By the late Ming, temples had been superseded by other sites of local activism, including community compacts, lineage prefaces, and community covenants.

Item Type:	Book
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DS Asia
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > History
Series Name:	China studies
Publisher:	Brill ; Biggleswade
Place of Publication:	Leiden ; Boston
ISBN:	9789004156036
Official Date:	2007
Dates:	Date Event 2007 Published
Volume:	13
Number of Pages:	258
Status:	Peer Reviewed

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