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Branches of heaven : a history of the imperial clan of Sung China / John W. Chaffee.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Harvard East Asian monographs ; 183.Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center, 1999Distributor: Distributed by Harvard University PressDescription: 1 online resource (xx, 441 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781684173327
  • 1684173329
Other title:
  • History of the imperial clan of Sung China
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Branches of heaven.DDC classification:
  • 951/.024 22
LOC classification:
  • DS751.3 .C35 1999eb
Online resources:
Contents:
A royal family -- Culture and confinement -- The clan reoriented -- The creation of secondary centers -- Captivity, resistance, and opportunity -- Settlement and privilege -- Politics and limits of power -- Maturity and defeat -- Conclusion: the Sung clan in Chinese history.
Review: "By the end of the Sung dynasty (960-1279), known descendents of the three Chao brothers who had founded the Sung numbered over 20,000 persons. Unlike the rulers of many other Chinese dynasties, however, the Sung emperors were not plagued by challenges to their rule from their relatives. Indeed, so successful was Sung policy on the imperial clan that it would serve as a model for the subsequent Ming and Ch'ing dynasties. How the Sung created a social and political asset in the imperial clan while neutralizing it as a potential threat is the story of this book." "In this, the first full-length study of the imperial clan as an institution, John W. Chaffee analyzes its history, its political role, and the lifestyle of its members, focusing on their residence patterns, marriages, and occupations."--Jacket
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-391) and index.

A royal family -- Culture and confinement -- The clan reoriented -- The creation of secondary centers -- Captivity, resistance, and opportunity -- Settlement and privilege -- Politics and limits of power -- Maturity and defeat -- Conclusion: the Sung clan in Chinese history.

"By the end of the Sung dynasty (960-1279), known descendents of the three Chao brothers who had founded the Sung numbered over 20,000 persons. Unlike the rulers of many other Chinese dynasties, however, the Sung emperors were not plagued by challenges to their rule from their relatives. Indeed, so successful was Sung policy on the imperial clan that it would serve as a model for the subsequent Ming and Ch'ing dynasties. How the Sung created a social and political asset in the imperial clan while neutralizing it as a potential threat is the story of this book." "In this, the first full-length study of the imperial clan as an institution, John W. Chaffee analyzes its history, its political role, and the lifestyle of its members, focusing on their residence patterns, marriages, and occupations."--Jacket

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