Redefining Good Government
"Shifting Paradigms in Song Dynasty (960-1279) Discourse on "Fengjian
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16501302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jaeyoon Song (0009-0006-6428-020X, 1McMaster University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue | 4-5 |
| Pages | 301-343 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | T oung Pao (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0082-5433 • E-ISSN: 1568-5322 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156853211x604125 |
| OpenAlex | W2022974013 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article describes changing political visions of the Chinese literati during the two halves of the Song dynasty, as reflected in their discourse on the fengjian (classical enfeoffment) system of antiquity. In the aftermath of the An Lushan rebellion (755-763), a group of political thinkers criticized that system as an ungrounded historical anachronism. This idea gained currency among a majority of the Northern Song statesmen and literati who supported the centralization project of the founding emperors. With the fall of the Northern Song, the ancient fengjian doctrine resurfaced as a sustained constitutional discourse on government. Contesting the imperial vision of centralization and interventionism, Southern Song literati redefined good government for their time
Anachronism · Art · Asian studies · China · Currency · Doctrine · Government (linguistics · International relations · Interventionism (politics · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Vision · Anthropology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |