Bandits, Eunuchs and the Son of Heaven

Rebellion and the Economy of Violence in Mid-Ming China

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Bandits, Eunuchs and the Son of Heaven

Rebellion and the Economy of Violence in Mid-Ming China

"On a spring afternoon in 1509, a local bandit found himself in the emperor's private quarters deep within the Forbidden City and in the presence of the Son of Heaven himself. This bizarre meeting was the doing of the eunuch Zhang Zhong, the emperor's personal servant and companion. In time, court intrigue between competing palace eunuchs would lead to the death of this bandit-turned-rebel, setting off a massive uprising that resulted in China's largest rebellion of the sixteenth century.

To understand how this extraordinary meeting came about requires a consideration of the economy of violence during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Here, for the first time in any language, is a detailed look at the role of illicit violence during the Ming.".

"Drawing on court annals, imperial law codes, administrative regulations, private writings, and local gazetteers, David Robsinson recreates in vivid detail a world where heavily armed highwaymen and bandits raided the boulevards in and around the Ming capital, Beijing.".

"Bandits, Eunuchs, and the Son of Heaven reveals how illicit, armed violence formed a critical, and until now largely unexplored, facet of late-imperial Chinese history. It offers important new insights into the nature of the late-imperial state, the structure of emperorship, the role of the military, and the place of force in everyday life in early-modern China."--BOOK JACKET.

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English
Pages
283

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Bandits, Eunuchs and the Son of Heaven: Rebellion and the Economy of Violence in Mid-Ming China
December 2001, University of Hawaii Press
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Library of Congress
JC328.5 .R63 2001, JC328.5.R63 2001

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
283
Dimensions
9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
Weight
1.2 pounds

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Open Library
OL8161582M
Internet Archive
banditseunuchsso00robi
ISBN 10
0824823915
ISBN 13
9780824823917
LCCN
2001035135
OCLC/WorldCat
46685500
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1604/9780824823917
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2758524

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