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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1442265590
ISBN-13
9781442265592
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219237697
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
294 Pages
Publication Name
Four Seasons : a Ming Emperor and His Grand Secretaries in Sixteenth-Century China
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Subject
Political Process / General, Modern / General, Asia / China, World / Asian
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
15.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2016-004888
Reviews
"Four Seasons is a welcome addition to the field of Ming political history. It will engage students and stimulate scholars. The field would benefit from further studies examining Ming emperors, their Grand Secretaries, and the seasons of government through which they passed." -- International Journal of Asian Studies "Professor Dardess's book Four Seasons is a remarkable study of Jiajing's court politics and governance.... In sum, this book is a rich, informative, and thoughtful narrative of Jiajing's court politics and governance refracted through four senior bureaucratic careers. Readers will come away with great appreciation of the role of personality, of the influence of chance, of the relations between the Emperor and his top officials, and of the complexity and ironies at Jiajing's court. The book is a significant contribution to the political history of Ming China." -- Ming Studies "John W. Dardess offers a detailed and lively narrative of the life of Jiajing and the dramatic period as a whole. . . . Returning to the model of in-depth studies of individuals, Four Seasons represents a long-overdue consideration of the personalities of this pivotal period." -- Ming Qing Yanjiu "In Four Seasons, John Dardess has once again deployed his unsurpassed mastery of the primary sources for the political history of the Ming court to present a panoramic view of the intricate and fluid dynamics of the Jiajing reign, from 1522 to 1567. Focusing his narrative on the succession of four chief grand secretaries, he traces the course of affairs at the imperial court through the turbulent years of the mid-sixteenth century, from the Great Rites controversy of the 1520s to the aftermath of the fall of Yan Song in the early 1560s. Dardess has mined the correspondence of the emperor and his top counsellors and official records of the court, as well as private writings of the key figures who shaped this era. He has produced an intimate account of the interplay of imperial power in the person of the emperor Zhu Houcong and the individual ambitions and policy agendas of the four most powerful leaders of the civil bureaucracy across the four decades of Jiajing's reign. This book will provide specialists in the Ming with access to a most welcome level of fine detail for a crucial period in China's early modern transformation, and it can also serve as a readable and engaging text for undergraduate courses in Chinese history." --Kenneth Hammond, New Mexico State University "Four Seasons provides a vivid account of the tempestuous confrontations between the Jiajing emperor and his officials--confrontations that altered the political landscape of the Ming Dynasty. Dardess draws on a rich array of private writings and official documents, tracing the arc of the emperor's reign from his hurried and unexpected enthronement as a boy through his political battles over rituals, religion, and war and into cranky old age and Daoist reclusion. Dardess writes with his usual flair, offering a gripping, thoughtful, and informative narrative that's a pleasure to read." --Peter Ditmanson, Pembroke College, University of Oxford "The Jiajing era comes to life in this record of powerful personalities, mammoth rituals, and court intrigue. Four Seasons is a signal contribution to Ming institutional history." --Katherine Carlitz, University of Pittsburgh, Four Seasons is a welcome addition to the field of Ming political history. It will engage students and stimulate scholars. The field would benefit from further studies examining Ming emperors, their Grand Secretaries, and the seasons of government through which they passed., Four Seasons provides a vivid account of the tempestuous confrontations between the Jiajing emperor and his officials--confrontations that altered the political landscape of the Ming Dynasty. Dardess draws on a rich array of private writings and official documents, tracing the arc of the emperor's reign from his hurried and unexpected enthronement as a boy through his political battles over rituals, religion, and war and into cranky old age and Daoist reclusion. Dardess writes with his usual flair, offering a gripping, thoughtful, and informative narrative that's a pleasure to read., In Four Seasons, John Dardess has once again deployed his unsurpassed mastery of the primary sources for the political history of the Ming court to present a panoramic view of the intricate and fluid dynamics of the Jiajing reign, from 1522 to 1567. Focusing his narrative on the succession of four Chief Grand Secretaries, he traces the course of affairs at the imperial court through the turbulent years of the mid-sixteenth century, from the Great Rites Controversy of the 1520s to the aftermath of the fall of Yan Song in the early 1560s. Dardess has mined the correspondence of the emperor and his top counsellors and official records of the Court, as well as private writings of the key figures who shaped this era. He has produced an intimate account of the interplay of imperial power in the person of the emperor Zhu Houcong and the individual ambitions and policy agendas of the four most powerful leaders of the civil bureaucracy across the four decades of Jiajing's reign. This book will provide specialists in the Ming with access to a most welcome level of fine detail for a crucial period in China's early modern transformation, and can also serve as a readable and engaging text for undergraduate courses in Chinese history., Four Seasons provides a vivid account of the tempestuous confrontations between the Jiajing Emperor and his officials--confrontations that altered the political landscape of the Ming Dynasty. Dardess draws on a rich array of private writings and official documents, tracing the arc of the emperor's reign from his hurried and unexpected enthronement as a boy through his political battles over rituals, religion, and war and into cranky old age and Daoist reclusion. Dardess writes with his usual flair, offering a gripping, thoughtful, and informative narrative that's a pleasure to read., In Four Seasons, John Dardess has once again deployed his unsurpassed mastery of the primary sources for the political history of the Ming court to present a panoramic view of the intricate and fluid dynamics of the Jiajing reign, from 1522 to 1567. Focusing his narrative on the succession of four Chief Grand Secretaries, he traces the course of affairs at the imperial court through the turbulent years of the mid-sixteenth century, from the Great Rites controversy of the 1520s to the aftermath of the fall of Yan Song in the early 1560s. Dardess has mined the correspondence of the emperor and his top counsellors and official records of the court, as well as private writings of the key figures who shaped this era. He has produced an intimate account of the interplay of imperial power in the person of the emperor Zhu Houcong and the individual ambitions and policy agendas of the four most powerful leaders of the civil bureaucracy across the four decades of Jiajing's reign. This book will provide specialists in the Ming with access to a most welcome level of fine detail for a crucial period in China's early modern transformation, and it can also serve as a readable and engaging text for undergraduate courses in Chinese history., The Jiajing era comes to life in this record of powerful personalities, mammoth rituals, and court intrigue. Four Seasons is a signal contribution to Ming institutional history., The Jiajing era comes to life in this record of powerful personalities, mammoth rituals, and court intrigue. Four Seasons is a signal contribution to Ming institutional history., John W. Dardess offers a detailed and lively narrative of the life of Jiajing and the dramatic period as a whole. . . . Returning to the model of in-depth studies of individuals, Four Seasons represents a long-overdue consideration of the personalities of this pivotal period., Professor Dardess's book Four Seasons is a remarkable study of Jiajing's court politics and governance.... In sum, this book is a rich, informative, and thoughtful narrative of Jiajing's court politics and governance refracted through four senior bureaucratic careers. Readers will come away with great appreciation of the role of personality, of the influence of chance, of the relations between the Emperor and his top officials, and of the complexity and ironies at Jiajing's court. The book is a significant contribution to the political history of Ming China.
Dewey Edition
23
Grade From
College Freshman
Dewey Decimal
951.0260922
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Table Of Content
Introduction Chapter 1: A Young Emperor Shows His Teeth Chapter 2: Spring: Grand Secretary Zhang Fujing Chapter 3: Summer: Grand Secretary Xia Yan Chapter 4: Autumn: Grand Secretary Yan Song Chapter 5: Winter: Grand Secretary Xu Jie Cast of Principal Characters Timeline Bibliography About the Author
Synopsis
This important contribution to imperial Chinese history illuminates the basic concerns of the Ming state. Eminent scholar John W. Dardess shows in fascinating detail how Emperor Jiajing and his grand secretaries managed affairs of state and how personal ambition and policy differences combined to animate imperial political life. At the top sat Jiajing, industrious, religious, knowledgeable, ritually pious, but short-tempered and cruel. His chief assistants during his forty-six-year reign were his four successive grand secretaries. First was Zhang Fujing, a hard-minded bureaucratic fighter and ideologue, life coach to Jiajing during his youth. Then came Xia Yan, a superb technocrat who was executed for his part in a major policy dispute. He was followed by Yan Song, a colossally corrupt machine politician who knew how to please his ruler. Finally was Xu Jie, a liberal-minded reformer who put a benign edge on the regime's final years. Drawing on a treasure trove of the grand secretaries' personal writings, his narrative brings to life the inner workings of imperial governance, providing detailed descriptions of the challenging problems and crises faced by the largest polity on the face of the earth. Richly researched and engagingly written, this book will be essential reading for scholars and students of Ming China., Richly researched and engagingly written, this important history of imperial China shows in fascinating detail how Emperor Jiajing and his grand secretaries governed. Drawing on a treasure trove of the grand secretaries' personal writings, John W. Dardess's narrative brings to life the inner workings of the largest polity on the face of the earth.
LC Classification Number
DS753.6.M49D37 2016
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