Powerful relations
Subtitle: kinship, status, & the state in Sung China (960-1279)
By: Beverly J. Bossler.
Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ;; 43
Publisher: Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University; Distributed by Harvard University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
Subjects: Kinship -- China; Social classes -- China; Elite (Social sciences) -- China; China -- Social life and customs -- 960-1644; China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279
Other titles: Kinship, status, & the state in Sung China (960-1279)
Description: The realignment of the Chinese social order that took place over the course of the Sung dynasty set the pattern for Chinese society throughout most of the later imperial era. Using data on two groups of Sung elites - the grand councilors who led the bureaucracy, and locally prominent gentlemen in Wu-chou (in modern Chekiang) - this study examines that realignment from the perspective of specific Sung families.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-341) and index.