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Verfasst von:	Brown, Tristan G. [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Laws of the land
Titelzusatz:	Fengshui and the state in Qing Dynasty China
Verf.angabe:	Tristan G. Brown
Verlagsort:	Princeton ; Oxford
Verlag:	Princeton University Press
E-Jahr:	2023
Jahr:	[2023]
Umfang:	1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 325 Seiten)
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen, Karten
Fussnoten:	Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
ISBN:	978-0-691-24672-7
Abstract:	Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Dates of Qing Era Names -- Weights, Measures, and Exchange Rates -- Qing Administrative Units for the Interior Lands ("China") -- Conventions in the Text -- Introduction -- 1. Litigating Graves -- 2. Mapping Fengshui -- 3. Examining Fortune -- 4. Mining Sichuan -- 5. Breaking the Land -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendices -- List of Chinese Terms -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
	"Today the term fengshui, which literally means "wind and water," is recognized around the world. Yet few know exactly what it means, let alone its fascinating history. In Laws of the Land, Tristan Brown tells the story of the important roles-especially legal ones-played by fengshui in Chinese society during China's last imperial dynasty, the Manchu Qing (1644-1912). Employing archives from Mainland China and Taiwan that have only recently become available, this is the first book to document fengshui's invocations in Chinese law during the Qing dynasty. Facing a growing population, dwindling natural resources, and an overburdened rural government, judicial administrators across China grappled with disputes and petitions about fengshui in their efforts to sustain forestry, farming, mining, and city planning. Laws of the Land offers a radically new interpretation of these legal arrangements: they worked. An intelligent, considered, and sustained engagement with fengshui on the ground helped the imperial state keep the peace and maintain its legitimacy, especially during the increasingly turbulent decades of the nineteenth century. As the century came to an end, contentious debates over industrialization swept across the bureaucracy, with fengshui invoked by officials and scholars opposed to the establishment of railways, telegraphs, and foreign-owned mines. Demonstrating that the only way to understand those debates and their profound stakes is to grasp fengshui's longstanding roles in Chinese public life, Laws of the Land rethinks key issues in the history of Chinese law, politics, science, religion, and economics"--
	"A groundbreaking history of Fengshui's roles in public life and law during China's last imperial dynastyToday the term Fengshui, which literally means "wind and water," is recognized around the world. Yet few know exactly what it means, let alone its fascinating history. In Laws of the Land, Tristan Brown tells the story of the important roles-especially legal ones-played by Fengshui in Chinese society during China's last imperial dynasty, the Manchu Qing (1644-1912).Employing archives from Mainland China and Taiwan that have only recently become available, this is the first book to document Fengshui's invocations in Chinese law during the Qing dynasty. Facing a growing population, dwindling natural resources, and an overburdened rural government, judicial administrators across China grappled with disputes and petitions about Fengshui in their efforts to sustain forestry, farming, mining, and city planning. Laws of the Land offers a radically new interpretation of these legal arrangements: they worked. An intelligent, considered, and sustained engagement with fengshui on the ground helped the imperial state keep the peace and maintain its legitimacy, especially during the increasingly turbulent decades of the nineteenth century. As the century came to an end, contentious debates over industrialization swept across the bureaucracy, with fengshui invoked by officials and scholars opposed to the establishment of railways, telegraphs, and foreign-owned mines.Demonstrating that the only way to understand those debates and their profound stakes is to grasp fengshui's longstanding roles in Chinese public life, Laws of the Land rethinks key issues in the history of Chinese law, politics, science, religion, and economics"--
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Schlagwörter:	(g)China    / (s)Qingdynastie    / (s)Feng-Shui    / (z)Geschichte
Datenträger:	Online-Ressource
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Brown, Tristan G., 1988 - : Laws of the land. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2023. - xxii, 325 Seiten
Sach-SW:	Asian history
	Asiatische Geschichte
	Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften
	HISTORY / Asia / China
	HISTORY / Social History
	History of science
	Impact of science & technology on society
	LAW / Legal History
	Legal history
	Rechtsgeschichte
	SCIENCE / History
	SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects
	SOC071000
	Social & cultural history
	Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte
	TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects
	Wissenschaft, Technologie und Gesellschaft
Geograph. SW:	China
	China
K10plus-PPN:	1872354580
	Universitätsbibliothek
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