Art of Doing Good Charity in Late Ming China

Name: Art of Doing Good Charity in Late Ming China
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ISBN: 9780520253636

ISBN-10: 0520253639

ISBN-13: 9780520253636

Edition: 2009

Authors: Joanna Handlin Smith

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An unprecedented passion for saving lives swept through late Ming society, giving rise to charitable institutions that transcended family, class, and religious boundaries. Analyzing lecture transcripts, administrative guidelines, didactic tales, and diaries, Joanna Handlin Smith abandons the facile explanation that charity was a response to poverty and social unrest and examines the social and economic changes that stimulated the fervor for doing good. Skillfully organized and engaging,The Art of Doing Goodmoves from discussions about moral leadership and beliefs to scrutiny of the daily operation of soup kitchens and medical dispensaries, and from examining local society to generalizing…

Book details

List price: $71.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 3/11/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 424
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English

Joanna Handlin Smith is the editor of the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies and the author of Action in Late Ming Thought: The Reorientation of Lï¿½ K'un and Other Scholar-Officials (UC Press).



Acknowledgments


Conventions, Measurements, and Dynasties


Introduction



New Routines: Associations for Doing Good



Societies for Liberating Animals



Early Benevolent Societies and Their Visionary Leaders



The Benevolent Society among Its Alternatives



Lectures for the Poor-and the Rich



A Benevolent Society Viewed from the Margins



Enacting Charitable Routines during a Crisis



Mobilizing Food Relief



Aligning with Officials



Medical Relief and Other Good Deeds



Beliefs in Charity-and the Rhetoric of Beliefs


Conclusion: From Moral Transformation toward the Legitimation of Wealth


List of Abbreviations


Notes


Bibliography


Character Glossary


Index