Doing Good and Ridding Evil in Ming China : the political career of Wang Yangming / by George L. Israel.
In Doing Good and Ridding Evil in Ming China: The Political Career of Wang Yangming, George L. Israel offers a detailed study of this influential Neo-Confucian philosopher's official career and military campaigns.
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| Other title: | Political career of Wang Yangming. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston : BRILL,
2014.
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| Series: | Sinica Leidensia.
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; List of Maps; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Early Career; 2. Pacifying Southern Gan; Pulling the Weeds at the Margins of Fujian and Guangdong; The "She Bandits" of Hengshui and Tonggang; Eradicating the Bandits of Northern Guangdong; Recuperation; Conclusion; 3. The Prince and the Sage; The Rise of the Prince of Ning; A Righteous Cause; Interpreting Victory; Conclusion; 4. Sageliness Within, Kingliness Without; Rewards and Punishments; Steering Oar in Hand, Navigating the Rapids; Sageliness Within; Kingliness Without; Conclusion; 5. Benevolence on the Border.
- Man Rebellions in Guangxi "Shaking the Lines of the Net"; Imperial Magnanimity and "Willing Submission"; "Accommodating the Yi"; Conclusion; 6. Subduing and Civilizing the Yao; Why Employ the Military Instrument?; Using Military Force; Implementing the Path of Appeasing, Settling, Soothing, and Subduing; Towards Long-term Peace; Conclusion; Conclusion; Epilogue; Works Cited; Index.