The Reunification of China读书介绍
| 类别 | 页数 | 译者 | 网友评分 | 年代 | 出版社 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 书籍 | 307页 | 2020 | Cambridge University Press |
| 定价 | 出版日期 | 最近访问 | 访问指数 |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD 99.99 | 2020-02-20 … | 2021-03-10 … | 18 |
http://www.cambridge.org/cn/academic/subjects/history/east-asian-history/reunification-china-peace-through-war-under-song-dynasty
The Song dynasty (960–1279) has been characterized by its pre-eminent civil culture and military weakness. This groundbreaking work dem onstrates that the civil dominance of the eleventh century was the product of a half-century of continuous warfare and ruthless political infighting. The spectacular culture of the eleventh century, one of the high points in Chinese history, was built on the bloody foundation of the conquests of the tenth century. Peter Lorge examines how, rather than a planned and inevitable reunification of the Chinese empire, the foundation of the Song was an uncertain undertaking, dependent upon highly contingent battles, both military and political, whose outcome was always in doubt. Song civil culture grew out of the successful military campaigns that created the dynasty and, as the need for war and armies diminished, the need for civil officials grew. The Song dynasty's successful waging of war led ultimately to peace.
Proposes a new view of the Song dynasty's foundation, demonstrating the importance of war and politics in imperial China
Illustrates the importance of war in Chinese history, providing a real and understandable account of how war created a major dynasty
Examines how political and military power interacted in the creation of an imperial government and how statesmen used these tools to advance themselves
作者简介Peter Lorge, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee
Peter Lorge specializes in tenth- and eleventh-century Chinese military history and thought, and is the author, most recently, of Chinese Martial Arts: From Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century (Cambridge, 2012), and editor of The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and Debating War in Chinese History. He has a forthcoming edited volu...
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