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Building fame through tea: The Wu Family and the Manufacture of zisha teapots during the Ming and Qing dynasties Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Xuyang Gao, Anke Hein
By examining the Wu family’s connection with the origin of zisha teapots, this study investigates how Ming literati used material culture to shape family reputation. It unravels the complicated rel...
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Preface Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Ihor Pidhainy
Published in Ming Studies (Vol. 2024, No. 89, 2024)
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Geiss-Hsu Ming Book Awards 2024 Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-23 Sarah Schneewind, Anne Gerritsen, David Robinson
Published in Ming Studies (Vol. 2024, No. 89, 2024)
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Ming News Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-23
Published in Ming Studies (Vol. 2024, No. 89, 2024)
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Military Migration and the Poetics of Place: Migrant Literature of Li Dongyang (1447–1516) Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-23 Minoru Takano
The Ming literatus Li Dongyang (1447–1516) is known as the leader of the Chaling Literary School, named after his ancestral hometown in Hunan. Under the influence of this label, previous scholarshi...
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Self-Cultivation According to Li Zhi and Its Paradoxes Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Paolo Santangelo
This essay delves into the significance of self-cultivation in the thought of Li Zhi (1527–1602), particularly the process of rediscovering one’s childlike innocence (tongxin 童心). This journey chal...
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The Price of Collapse: The Little Ice Age and the Fall of Ming China Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Jun Fang
Published in Ming Studies (Vol. 2024, No. 89, 2024)
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Preface Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Ihor Pidhainy
Published in Ming Studies (Vol. 2023, No. 88, 2023)
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Julia Murray Interviewed by Kathleen Ryor Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Kathleen Ryor, Julia K. Murray
Published in Ming Studies (Vol. 2023, No. 88, 2023)
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He Liangjun 何良俊 (1506–1573), On Painting: An Annotated Translation Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Kathleen Ryor
In The Collected Sayings from the Four Friends Studio, the sixteenth-century author He Liangjun’s two chapters on painting provides a detailed picture of how literati critics continued to construct...
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Ming News Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-30
Published in Ming Studies (Vol. 2023, No. 88, 2023)
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Signaling Seduction: The Courtship Strategies of Ming Era Courtesans Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Shiyun Wang
This study applies an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Ming period courtesans (ji 妓) and their activities, combining the close reading of literature and Ming era visual presentations, wit...
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Preface to Volume 87 Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2023-06-27 Ihor Pidhainy
Published in Ming Studies (Vol. 2023, No. 87, 2023)
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Mary Mazur Remembered (1931–2022) Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2023-06-27 Ted Farmer
Published in Ming Studies (Vol. 2023, No. 87, 2023)
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Interview with Professor Richard John Lynn Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2023-06-27 Richard Lynn, Ihor Pidhainy
Published in Ming Studies (Vol. 2023, No. 87, 2023)
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Ming News Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2023-06-27
Published in Ming Studies (Vol. 2023, No. 87, 2023)
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Ming News Addendum Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2023-06-27
Published in Ming Studies (Vol. 2023, No. 87, 2023)
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Preface to Volumes 85–86 Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2022-09-28 Ihor Pidhainy
Published in Ming Studies (Vol. 2022, No. 85-86, 2022)
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Interview with Scholars of the Ming Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2022-09-28 Tian Yuan Tan, Wilt L. Idema
Published in Ming Studies (Vol. 2022, No. 85-86, 2022)
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National/International Conferences Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2022-09-28
Published in Ming Studies (Vol. 2022, No. 85-86, 2022)
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Public Discourse and Private Sentiment: Ritual Controversies, Ritual Authority, and Political Succession in Ming and Chosŏn Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2022-05-03 Yiming Ha
In this article I explore the issue of ritual authority in the Ming and Chosŏn through a comparison of the Great Rites Controversy and the Injo Rites Dispute which occurred a century later. I argue that Ming Taizu created an alternative source of ritual authority predicated on natural emotions through his changing of the national mourning code. By utilizing this source of ritual authority, Shizong
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Humanity may Triumph over Heaven. Wang Tingxiang’s Natural Philosophy in its Historical Context Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2022-02-18 Kanghun Ahn
This paper examines Wang Tingxiang’s natural philosophy within its historical context. Wang left numerous accounts on natural phenomena in which he sought to discover the causes or hidden mechanisms of the processes he uncovered. To this end, he first had to radically deconstruct the so-called correlative thinking that perceives a fundamental connection between humanity and the natural world. Wang
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Is the Pursuit of Self-Interest Really Selfish? Li Zhi’s Challenge to some well Established Categories for a New Anthropological Concept Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2022-01-03 Paolo Santangelo
Self-motivation and self-interest are the main themes of Li Zhi’s discourse, worth attention not only for moral implications but also because they are the basis for the construction of a new self, the premise of a renewed anthropological idea of the individual. The article reexamines some of Li Zhi’s ideas that locate the motivation issue in a person able to keep freedom, autonomy and tolerance, and
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Preface to Volume 84 Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-09-07
(2021). Preface to Volume 84. Ming Studies: Vol. 2021, No. 84, pp. 1-2.
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What Hangs On a Hairpin: Inalienable Possession and Language Exchange in Two Marriage Romances Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-09-07
This paper discusses the figuration of the purple jade hairpin as inalienable possession in the Tang author Jiang Fang’s (792–835) marriage romance “Huo Xiaoyu’s story” and the Ming playwright Tang Xianzu’s (1550–1616) dramatic adaptation of the story, The Purple Hairpins (1595). Examining how the hairpin’s materiality and symbolism intersects with the tradition of classical poetry and marriage laws
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Predicament of the Hongwu Emperor and his Defense for the Regime’s Legitimacy Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-09-07
Known for his shrewd and calculating nature, Emperor Hongwu faced a critical challenge concerning regime legitimacy at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, scholars generally adopted a non-collaborative attitude while Zhu’s humble origin was despised by the gentry. Using official historical books, intellectuals’ commonplace books, and poetry anthologies of that time, this article demonstrates
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Interviews with Scholars of the Ming Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-09-07
(2021). Interviews with Scholars of the Ming. Ming Studies: Vol. 2021, No. 84, pp. 47-56.
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My Journey in Ming Studies: An Interview with Professor Lin Li-yueh 林麗月 Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-09-07
(2021). My Journey in Ming Studies: An Interview with Professor Lin Li-yueh 林麗月. Ming Studies: Vol. 2021, No. 84, pp. 57-64.
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More than the Great Wall: The Northern Frontier and Ming National Security, 1368-1644 Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-09-07
(2021). More than the Great Wall: The Northern Frontier and Ming National Security, 1368-1644. Ming Studies: Vol. 2021, No. 84, pp. 65-68.
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Ming News Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-09-07
(2021). Ming News. Ming Studies: Vol. 2021, No. 84, pp. 69-72.
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Preface to Volume 83 Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-04-22 Ihor Pidhainy
(2021). Preface to Volume 83. Ming Studies: Vol. 2021, No. 83, pp. 1-1.
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The Single-Whip Method of Yunnan Garrison Taxation, Fifteenth – Seventeenth Centuries Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-04-22 Xueying Wang
Due to the separated governing system of the Ming, the taxation system in garrisons differed by county. However, there is also evidence that shows that garrison land became county land in the seventeenth century, which indicates the garrison system was combined with the county system. This combination can be considered as a part of the single-whip method of garrison taxation. This paper focuses on
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Interviews with Scholars of the Ming: Questions for Professor Chün-Fang Yü Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-04-22 Chün-Fang Yü, Shyling Glaze
(2021). Interviews with Scholars of the Ming: Questions for Professor Chün-Fang Yü. Ming Studies: Vol. 2021, No. 83, pp. 60-66.
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Interview with Ming Scholars Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-04-22 Craig Clunas, Elizabeth Kindall
(2021). Interview with Ming Scholars. Ming Studies: Vol. 2021, No. 83, pp. 67-80.
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Ming News Volume 83 Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2021-04-22
(2021). Ming News Volume 83. Ming Studies: Vol. 2021, No. 83, pp. 87-92.
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Ming Studies Editors on Black Lives Matter Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2020-09-15 Devin Fitzgerald, Ihor Pidhainy
(2020). Ming Studies Editors on Black Lives Matter. Ming Studies: Vol. 2020, No. 82, pp. 3-3.
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Bibliography of Works by John Wolfe Dardess Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2020-09-15 Compiled by Vickie Fu Doll
(2020). Bibliography of Works by John Wolfe Dardess. Ming Studies: Vol. 2020, No. 82, pp. 15-22.
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Ming News Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2020-09-15
(2020). Ming News. Ming Studies: Vol. 2020, No. 82, pp. 73-74.
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Killing, Extortion, and Fraud in Nanjing City in 1593–1594 Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2020-07-02 John W. Dardess
A chance find of a file of legal cases handled by the Nanjing Court of Judicial Review in 1593 and the Nanjing Ministry of Justice in 1594 casts some rare light on how life was lived in the homes and markets and, in two instances, privileged households in Nanjing city. This sort of street-level information is ordinarily very difficult to unearth.
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Preface Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2020-07-02 Ihor Pidhainy
Simplicial global optimization focuses on deterministic covering methods for global optimization partitioning the feasible region by simplices. Although rectangular partitioning is used most often in global optimization, simplicial covering has advantages shown in this book. The purpose of the book is to present global optimization methods based on simplicial partitioning in one volume. The book describes
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Obituary for John Dardess Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2020-07-02 Sarah Schneewind
John Wolfe Dardess (January 17, 1937–March 31, 2020), in the founding generation of American Ming historians, was born in Chatham, New York to Edna Wolfe Dardess and a doctor, John Dardess, who gav...
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Shrines to Living Men in the Ming Political Cosmos Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2020-01-02 Craig Clunas
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Mount Wutai: Visions of a Sacred Buddhist Mountain Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2020-01-02 Aurelia Campbell
Wen-shing Chou's first book, Mount Wutai: Visions of a Sacred Buddhist Mountain, provides a stimulating account of the cultural, religious, and political engagements of Inner Asian Buddhists with M...
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Share and Rule: Intellectual Origins of the Early Ming (1368–1644) Princedoms Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2020-01-02 Jaeyoon Song
In the early Ming (1368-1644), the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang (朱元璋, 1328-1398, r. 1368-1398) established more than twenty princedoms across the empire. Scholarship to date has generally emphasized the continuance of the Yuan (1271-1368) institutions into the early Ming. Apart from the endurance of Yuan legacy, this article addresses how Zhu Yuanzhang ideologically framed and justified the establishment
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Rethinking Space and Power in East Asia: Digital Approaches to the History of Infrastructure Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2020-01-02 Hilde De Weerdt, Xiong Huei-Lan, Liu Jialong
In this report we briefly introduce the rationale behind a pilot project that is meant to serve as a test case for the feasibility of a longue-durée historical investigation of large-scale material infrastructures. The larger project is aimed at a critical analysis of how large-scale infrastructures such as roads, city walls, and bridges have contributed to regional and empire-wide integration, but
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Reconsidering the Innovation and Ambiguity inIdle Talk under the Bean Arbor(Doupeng xianhua豆棚閒話) Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2019-07-03 Yenna Wu
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An Interview with Leif Littrup Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2018-07-03 Sarah Schneewind,Leif Littrup
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Quelling the Demons’ Revolt: A Novel from Ming China Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2018-07-03 Robert E. Hegel
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Passion, Romance, and Qing: The World of Emotions and States of Mind in Peony Pavilion Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2018-07-03 Judith T. Zeitlin
Passion, Romance, and Qing: The World of Emotions and States of Mind in Peony Pavilion, edited by Tian Yuan Tan and Paolo Santangelo, runs three volumes and clocks in at a whopping 1,555 pages. Of ...
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The Scholarship of Chu Hung-lam Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2018-01-02 On-cho Ng,Leo K. Shin,Lynn Struve
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Monks in Glaze: Patronage, Kiln Origin, and Iconography of the Yixian Luohans Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2018-01-02 Junghee Lee
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Li Mengyang, the North–South Divide, and Literati Learning in Ming China Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2018-01-02 Timothy Robert Clifford
Li Mengyang 李夢陽 (1472–1529) and He Jingming 何景明 (1483–1521) have long been considered the founders of Ming literary archaism, a movement which advocated stringent adherence to ancient models in pro...
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When a Judge Becomes More than a Judge: Changes in Local and Regional Administration in the Ming Dynasty as Seen through the Role of the Prefectural Judge Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2018-01-02 Thomas G. Nimick
In the Ming, prefectural, judges always had some administrative duties beyond the hearing of cases. As is revealed in a late-Ming handbook for prefectural judges, by the end of the Ming period those additional duties had expanded beyond prefectural boundaries and in many cases had led to prefectural judges serving as assistants to the regional inspector in the evaluation of local and regional officials
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Comments to be Read at the Memorial Service for Romeyn Taylor Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2017-07-03 Ted Farmer
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The Cosmic, Political, and Personal in late Ming Travel Narratives to the Home of Confucius Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2017-07-03 Jesse Sloane
Historians have tended to frame the history of Qufu and Queli as a sequence of state initiatives, or of contests among branches of the Kong clan and with the state. In travel accounts by late Ming literati, however, these efforts at self-promotion frequently met with indifference, skepticism, or derision. Visitors to Qufu showed more interest in the chance to encounter artifacts associated with Confucius
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“Banditry and Subversion” in a Classroom Game Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2017-07-03 Sarah Schneewind
In the context of a course on Ming working lives, a classroom game requiring no fancy equipment enables students to think through the complex relations of the imperial house and palace eunuchs, commanders and soldiers, bandits and merchants, Mongols and Han folk, as portrayed in David Robinson's work on the capital area and other Ming scholarship.
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Ming Biography is Now a Sharper Lens Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2017-07-03 Thomas G. Nimick
Using sample biographical sketches of officials in the Ming, this paper illustrates the extent to which new tools for biographical research can yield much richer detail about individuals and the circumstances in which they lived. It also shows how biographical details can help solve bibliographical puzzles. The new tools include reprinted texts, indexed collections, and texts in searchable databases
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The Order of Places: Translocal Practices of the Huizhou Merchants in Late Imperial China Ming Studies (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2017-01-02 Richard Lufrano