This book offers a sweeping re-assessment of a critical period of Chinese history, showing how the Jiankang Empire, in what is now south China, once resisted the imperialist pressure of the north and developed its own distinctive pattern of ethnic identification and political culture. The book includes close studies of foodways, language, military history, economic history, vernacular culture and the political use of Buddhism. The result is a surprising, innovative interpretation of Chinese history that emphasizes the south's close relationship to Southeast Asia and the ways it was comparable to other medieval societies.…mehr
This book offers a sweeping re-assessment of a critical period of Chinese history, showing how the Jiankang Empire, in what is now south China, once resisted the imperialist pressure of the north and developed its own distinctive pattern of ethnic identification and political culture. The book includes close studies of foodways, language, military history, economic history, vernacular culture and the political use of Buddhism. The result is a surprising, innovative interpretation of Chinese history that emphasizes the south's close relationship to Southeast Asia and the ways it was comparable to other medieval societies.
Andrew Chittick is the E. Leslie Peter Professor of East Asian Humanities and History at Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL. A native of California, he received his PhD in History from the University of Michigan in 1997. He is the author of Patronage and Community in Medieval China: The Xiangyang Garrison, 400-600 CE (SUNY Press, 2010). He is currently working on maritime interchanges between Sino-Southeast Asia and the Malay world in the first millennium CE.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface 1 Introduction: The Invisible Empire Section One: Proto-Ethnic Identities 2 The Discourse of Ethnicity 3 Agriculture and Foodways 4 Vernacular Languages Section Two: Political Culture 5 Marking Territory: The Militarization of the Huai Frontier 6 Making Hierarchy: Garrison, Court, and the Structure of Jiankang Politics 7 Managing Prosperity: The Political Economy of a Commercial Empire Section Three: Repertoires of Legitimation 8 The Vernacular Repertoire 9 The Sinitic Repertoire 10 The Buddhist Repertoire: The Era of Pluralist Patronage 11 The Buddhist Repertoire: Jiankang as Theater State 12 Conclusion: Re-Orienting East Asian and World History Appendix A: The Population of the Jiankang Empire Appendix B: Migration Appendix C: Geographic Distribution of Office-holding Bibliography
Preface 1 Introduction: The Invisible Empire Section One: Proto-Ethnic Identities 2 The Discourse of Ethnicity 3 Agriculture and Foodways 4 Vernacular Languages Section Two: Political Culture 5 Marking Territory: The Militarization of the Huai Frontier 6 Making Hierarchy: Garrison, Court, and the Structure of Jiankang Politics 7 Managing Prosperity: The Political Economy of a Commercial Empire Section Three: Repertoires of Legitimation 8 The Vernacular Repertoire 9 The Sinitic Repertoire 10 The Buddhist Repertoire: The Era of Pluralist Patronage 11 The Buddhist Repertoire: Jiankang as Theater State 12 Conclusion: Re-Orienting East Asian and World History Appendix A: The Population of the Jiankang Empire Appendix B: Migration Appendix C: Geographic Distribution of Office-holding Bibliography
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