China Turning Inward
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Author | : James T. C. Liu |
Publisher | : Harvard Univ Asia Center |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 1988 |
ISBN-10 | : 0674117557 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780674117556 |
Rating | : 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis China Turning Inward by : James T. C. Liu
Book excerpt: During the traumatic opening decades of the Southern Sung, Emperor Kao-tsung's unspoken determination to win imperial safety at any cost shaped not only court policy but Confucian intellectual developments. Liu explores how Kao-tsung used ideological window-dressing to consolidate extraordinary state power in the emperor's hands.