The Kongs of Qufu : the descendants of Confucius in late Imperial China /

The Kongs of Qufu : the descendants of Confucius in late Imperial China / Christopher S. Agnew.

"The city of Qufu in north China's Shandong Province is famous as the hometown of Kong Qiu (551-479 BCE)--known in English as Confucius, and in Chinese as Kongzi or Kong Fuzi--and the site of his tomb and temple. Serving the Sage traces the history of the direct descendants of Confucius fr...

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Main Author: Agnew, Christopher S., 1976- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Confucius > Family.
Confucius.
Nobility > China > Qufu Shi.
Kinship > China > Qufu Shi.
Families.
Kinship.
Nobility.
Politics and government.
Qing Dynasty (China)
Social conditions.
Qufu Shi (China) > History.
Qufu Shi (China) > Politics and government.
Qufu Shi (China) > Social conditions.
China > History > 960-1644.
China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
China.
China > Qufu Shi.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Inventing the Dukedom
  • Estate expansion and ducal power
  • Savage tigers
  • The Duke and the Magistrate
  • Inscribing the past
  • Ritual and power
  • The fall of Imperial China and the end of the Dukedom.

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