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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Merit Accumulation in the Early Chinese Tradition; 2. Merit Accumulation for Status Advancement; 3. The Debate over Supernatural Retribution and Merit Accumulation; 4. Preserving the Social Hierarchy in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; Conclusion; Appendix: Extant Morality Books and Ledgers of Merit and Demerit Published in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; Glossary; Sources Cited; Index.

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