Performing Filial Piety in Northern Song China

Auteur: Zhang, Cong Ellen
Editeur: University of Hawai'i Press
In this deeply grounded work, Ellen Zhang locates the tension between worldly ambition and family duty at the heart of elite social and cultural life in Song-dynasty China. Zhang argues that the predicament in which Song literati found themselves diminished neither the importance of filial piety nor the appeal of government service.

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In this deeply grounded work, Ellen Zhang locates the tension between worldly ambition and family duty at the heart of elite social and cultural life in Song-dynasty China. Zhang argues that the predicament in which Song literati found themselves diminished neither the importance of filial piety nor the appeal of government service.
ISBN / EAN 9780824882754
Auteur Zhang, Cong Ellen
Editeur University of Hawai'i Press