Title: Powerful relations
First published: 1998
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.
Subjects: Elite (Social sciences), History, Social classes, Kinship, Social life and customs, Social classes, china, China, social life and customs, China, history, 960-1644
Places: China
Time periods: Song dynasty, 960-1279, 960-1644
LC classification: GN480 .B67 1998