Confucian Piety and Individualism in Han China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3960429 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Nylan (0000-0001-9577-097X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/606369 |
| OpenAlex | W2162274397 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
Many historians continue to analyze the collapse of Eastern Han rule (A.D. 25-220) in negative language, speaking of the failure of Confucian ethics, while using quite positive terms, such as the growth of individualism, to characterize intellectual life in the following Wei-Chin period (220-420). This essay offers an alternative view : that the breakdown in late Han institutions is ascribable in part to an overemphasis on the two Confucian virtues of hsiao (filial piety) and jang (renunciation). While this breakdown opened a greater variety of choices to individual members of the shih elite, it is probably inappropriate to apply the language of individualism to Wei-Chin life
China · Filial piety · Individualism · Piety · Political science · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,39 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2024 (27) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |