Ming China : courts and contacts, 1400-1450 / edited by Craig Clunas, Jessica Harrison-Hall and Luk Yu-ping.

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Book
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English
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  • London : The British Museum, [2016]
  • ©2016
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x, 301 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm.

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    • Research publication (British Museum) ; no. 205. [More in this series]
    • Research publication, 1747-3640 ; 205
    Summary note
    • his illustrated publication is the outcome of the conference 'Ming: Courts and Contacts 1400-1450' held October 9-October 11, 2014 and that accompanied the British Museum's major exhibition Ming: 50 years that changed China (September 2014-January 2015). The scope of the exhibition and conference focused on Ming dynasty China in the years 1400 to 1450.
    • "This ground-breaking, beautifully illustrated publication is the outcome of the conference 'Ming: Courts and Contacts 1400-1450' that accompanied the British Museum's major exhibition Ming: 50 years that changed China (September 2014-January 2015). The scope of the exhibition and conference focused on Ming dynasty China in the years 1400 to 1450, a time when China was the largest (and one of the most prosperous) states in the world, ruled by a single family through a network of imperial and regional courts. During this period, many cultural, social and political themes that were to dominate China's history from this point onwards were either created or consolidated. This is also a period when contacts of unprecedented scale took place between the Ming empire and the wider world, particularly between courts, through embassies, an aggressive military forward policy and court-sponsored maritime expeditions. Where previous scholarship may have focused on specific aspects of the period or dealt with a range of issues covering the whole of the Ming dynasty, this volume presents the first detailed examination of the crucial years from the Yongle to the Zhengtong era through a diverse range of approaches and materials. It integrates more fully material culture perspectives with the work of social, political, economic, intellectual and cultural historians and situates early Ming court culture within a wider global context."-- Publisher's website.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-279) and index.
    Contents
    • Justifying Ming Rulership on a Eurasian Stage / David M. Robinson
    • Domination in Four Keys: Ming China and its Southern Neighbours 1400-1450 / Geoffrey Wade
    • Diplomacy, Trade and the Quest for the Buddha's Tooth: The Yongle Emperor and Ming China's South Asian Frontier / Tansen Sen
    • Causes and Consequences of the Ming Intervention in Vietnam in the Early Fifteenth Century / Kenneth M. Swope
    • Green Beijing: Ecologies of Movement in the New Capital c. 1450 / Jonathan Hay
    • Painting of the Imperial Palace and Zhu Bang / Yu Hui
    • The Empress' Dragon Crown: Establishing Symbols of Imperial Authority in the Early Ming / Luk Yu-ping
    • Early Ming Ceramics: Rethinking the Status of Blue-and-White / Jessica Harrison-Hall
    • Zhu Quan, A Prince who Changed Ming Musical History / Joseph S.C. Lam
    • Fashioning the Imperial Legacy: Yang Shiqi and the Record of Imperial Pronouncements / Peter Ditmanson
    • Politics or Entertainment? Examining Jiangxi Scholar Officials and Zhejiang Painters through the Lens of the Elegant Gathering in the Apricot Garden / Yin Ji'nan
    • The Gradual Termination of the Early Ming Voyages to the "Western Ocean" and its Causes / Zhao Zhongnan
    • The New Idea of Ritual Vessels in the Early Ming Dynasty: A Third System? / Shih Ching-fei
    • Gifts of Good Fortune and Praise-Songs for Peace: Images of Auspicious Portents and Panegyrics from the Yongle Period / Lina Lin
    • Enshrining the Dark Troops: The Printing of Daoist Books in the Early Ming Dynasty / Maggie Chui Ki Wan
    • Faces of Transnational Buddhism at the Early Ming Court / Marsha Haufler
    • The Early Ming Imperial Atelier on the Tibetan Frontier / Karl Debreczeny
    • Religious Consciousness and Beliefs in the Ming Tombs of Princes and Royal Family Members in Hubei Province / Yuan Wenqing
    • Paper Money of the Ming Dynasty: Examining the Material Evidence / Caroline R. Cartwright, Christina M. Duffy and Helen Wang
    • The Porcelain Pagoda: A Persisting Enigma / Clarence Eng
    • Architecture of the Early Ming Court: A Preliminary Look / Aurelia Campbell
    • Investigating Zheng He's Ships: What is Known and Knowable? / Sally K. Church
    • "Trees and Stones Are Only What They Are": Translating Ming Empire in the Fifteenth Century / Carla Nappi
    • Building Cultural Authority in Early Joseon Korea (1400-1450) / Lee Soomi
    • The Book of the Five Relationships: Thoughts on Mid-Fifteenth-Century Court Confucianism /Sarah Schneewind
    • Looking East, Looking West: The Artistic Connections of Ming China and Timurid Iran / Priscilla Soucek
    • Precious Stones and Ming Culture, 1400-1450 / Craig Clunas
    • Ming Ceramics Discovered in Kenya and Some Related Issues / Qin Dashu
    • Traces of the Zheng He Voyages in Late Ming Navigational Materials / Timothy Brook.
    ISBN
    • 9780861592050 ((paperback))
    • 0861592050 ((paperback))
    OCLC
    959910235
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