The Ledgers of Merit and Demerit : Social Change and Moral Order in Late Imperial China.

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The ledgers of merit and demerit were a type of morality book that achieved sudden and widespread popularity in China during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Consisting of lists of good and bad deeds, each assigned a certain number of merit or demerit points, the ledgers offered the hope of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brokaw, Cynthia Joanne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Colección:Princeton legacy library.
Temas:
960-1699
Ethics > China > History > 16th century.
Ethics > China > History > 17th century.
Moral education > China > History.
Merit (Ethics)
Morale > Chine > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Morale > Chine > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Éducation morale > Chine > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
Ethics.
Moral education.
Social conditions.
China > Social conditions > 960-1644.
Chine > Conditions sociales > 960-1644.
China.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The ledgers of merit and demerit were a type of morality book that achieved sudden and widespread popularity in China during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Consisting of lists of good and bad deeds, each assigned a certain number of merit or demerit points, the ledgers offered the hope of divine reward to users ""good"" enough to accumulate a substantial sum of merits. By examining the uses of the ledgers during the late Ming and early Qing periods, Cynthia Brokaw throws new light on the intellectual and social history of the late imperial era. The ledgers originally functioned as.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (300 pages)
ISBN:9781400861941
1400861942

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