Divided by a Common Language: Factional Conflict in Late Northern Song China 9780824862206
Between 1044 and 1104, ideological disputes divided China’s sociopolitical elite, who organized into factions battling f
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
A Note on Conventions
Chronologies
1. The Rhetoric of Politics and the Politics of Rhetoric
2. Frames of Reference: Classical Hermeneutics and Historical Analogism
3. Categorical Propositions: Faction Theory and the Political Imagination of the Northern Song
4. Unified Theories of Division: Factional Rhetoric in the Reform Era, 1069–1085
The Closed Circle: Factional Rhetoric in the Antireform Era, 1085–1093
Retributive Justice. Factional Rhetoric in the Post-Reform Era, 1094–1104
7. Discourses of Authority and the Authority of Discourse
Notes
Glossary
References
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
A Note on Conventions
Chronologies
1. The Rhetoric of Politics and the Politics of Rhetoric
2. Frames of Reference: Classical Hermeneutics and Historical Analogism
3. Categorical Propositions: Faction Theory and the Political Imagination of the Northern Song
4. Unified Theories of Division: Factional Rhetoric in the Reform Era, 1069–1085
The Closed Circle: Factional Rhetoric in the Antireform Era, 1085–1093
Retributive Justice. Factional Rhetoric in the Post-Reform Era, 1094–1104
7. Discourses of Authority and the Authority of Discourse
Notes
Glossary
References
Index
About the Author
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- Ari Daniel Levine
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