Huizhou
Huizhou studies the construction of local identity through kinship in the prefecture of Huizhou, the most prominent merchant stronghold of Ming China. Employing an array of untapped genealogies and other sources, Qitao Guo explores how developments in the sociocultural, religious, and gender realms...
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| description | Huizhou studies the construction of local identity through kinship in the prefecture of Huizhou, the most prominent merchant stronghold of Ming China. Employing an array of untapped genealogies and other sources, Qitao Guo explores how developments in the sociocultural, religious, and gender realms from the fifteenth to sixteenth centuries intertwined to shape Huizhou identity as a land of "prominent lineages." This gentrified self-image both sheltered and guided the development of mercantile lineages, which were further bolstered by the gender regime and the local religious order. As Guo demonstrates, the discrepancy between representation and practice helps explain Huizhou's triumphs. The more active the economy became, the more those central to its commercialization embraced conservative sociocultural norms. Home lineages embraced neo-Confucian orthodoxy even as they provided the financial and logistical support to assure the success of Huizhou merchants. The end result was not "capitalism" but a gentrified mercantile lineage culture with Chinese—or Huizhou—characteristics. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-778412025-07-31T16:26:18Z Huizhou Guo, Qitao History Asia China Social Science Ethnic Studies Asian Studies History Asia thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history Huizhou studies the construction of local identity through kinship in the prefecture of Huizhou, the most prominent merchant stronghold of Ming China. Employing an array of untapped genealogies and other sources, Qitao Guo explores how developments in the sociocultural, religious, and gender realms from the fifteenth to sixteenth centuries intertwined to shape Huizhou identity as a land of "prominent lineages." This gentrified self-image both sheltered and guided the development of mercantile lineages, which were further bolstered by the gender regime and the local religious order. As Guo demonstrates, the discrepancy between representation and practice helps explain Huizhou's triumphs. The more active the economy became, the more those central to its commercialization embraced conservative sociocultural norms. Home lineages embraced neo-Confucian orthodoxy even as they provided the financial and logistical support to assure the success of Huizhou merchants. The end result was not "capitalism" but a gentrified mercantile lineage culture with Chinese—or Huizhou—characteristics. 2022-01-22T04:07:04Z 2022-01-22T04:07:04Z 2022-01-21T05:30:49Z 2022 book OCN: 1267402725 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52525 9780520385221 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/77841 eng open access image/png image/png image/png n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/52525/1/external_content.epub https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/52525/1/external_content.epub https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/52525/1/external_content.epub University of California Press University of California Press https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.119 https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.119 19856893-4bf2-4e3e-9137-c7692d64e4c1 Knowledge Unlatched 9780520385221 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Luminos University of California Press open access |
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