Praying for Power

Buddhism and the Formation of Gentry Society in Late-Ming China

By:

Timothy Brook

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Hardback

Series:

Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series

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In seventeenth- and eighteenth-century China, Buddhists and Confucians alike flooded local Buddhist monasteries with donations. As gentry numbers grew faster than the imperial bureaucracy, traditional Confucian careers were closed to many; but visible philanthropy could publicize elite status outside the state realm. Actively sought by fundraising abbots, such patronage affected institutional Buddhism. After exploring the relation of Buddhism to Ming Neo-Confucianism, the growth of tourism to Buddhist sites, and the mechanisms and motives for charitable donations, Timothy Brook studies three widely separated and economically dissimilar counties. He draws on rich data in monastic gazetteers to examine the patterns and social consequences of patronage.

Author Biography:

Timothy Brook is Professor of History and Republic of China Chair at the University of British Columbia.

Release date NZ

January 1st, 1994

Author

Timothy Brook

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Illustrations

10 halftones, 3 maps

Pages

412

Series

Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series

Dimensions

165x241x39

ISBN-13

9780674697751

Product ID

13810473

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