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Wind against the mountain : the crisis of politics and culture in thirteenth-century China / Richard L. Davis.

By: Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 42.Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 1996.Description: xvii, 283 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0674953576
  • 9780674953574
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 951/.024 20
LOC classification:
  • DS751 .D38 1996
Summary: Richard Davis has expertly crafted a stirring narrative of the last years of Song, focusing on loyalist resistance to Mongol dominion. Davis challenges the traditional view of Song martyrdom as a simple expression of political duty by examining the phenomenon instead from the perspective of material life and masculine identity. He also explores the tensions between the outer court of militant radicals and an inner court run by female regents - tensions that reflect the broader split between factions of Song government as well as societal conflict. Davis reveals the true magnitude of the loyalist phenomenon in this beautifully written, fascinating study of Song political loyalty and cultural values.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-262) and index.

Richard Davis has expertly crafted a stirring narrative of the last years of Song, focusing on loyalist resistance to Mongol dominion. Davis challenges the traditional view of Song martyrdom as a simple expression of political duty by examining the phenomenon instead from the perspective of material life and masculine identity. He also explores the tensions between the outer court of militant radicals and an inner court run by female regents - tensions that reflect the broader split between factions of Song government as well as societal conflict. Davis reveals the true magnitude of the loyalist phenomenon in this beautifully written, fascinating study of Song political loyalty and cultural values.

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