Confucianism and the Succession Crisis of the Wanli Emperor 1587

Name: Confucianism and the Succession Crisis of the Wanli Emperor 1587
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ISBN: 9780393937275

ISBN-10: 0393937275

ISBN-13: 9780393937275

Edition: 2014

Authors: Daniel Gardner, Mark C. Carnes

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The game is set in the Hanlin Academy in Ming dynasty China. Most students are members of the Grand Secretariat of the Hanlin Academy, the body of top-ranking graduates of the civil service examination who serve as advisers to the Wanli emperor. Some Grand Secretaries are Confucian “purists,” who hold that tradition obliges the emperor to name his first-born son as successor; others, in support of the most senior of the Grand Secretaries, maintain that it is within the emperor’s right to choose his successor; and still others, as they decide this matter among many issues confronting the empire, continue to scrutinize the teachings of Confucianism for guidance. The game unfolds amidst the…

Book details

Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/1/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 88
Size: 0.85" wide x 1.07" long x 0.02" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Daniel Gardner is professor of history at Smith College. He is the author of Learning to Be a Sageand Chu Hsi and the Ta-hsueh: Neo-Confucian Reflection on the Confucian Canon.

Mark C. Carnes is Professor of History at Barnard College, Columbia University.