In this illuminating study of a vital but long overlooked aspect of Chinese religious life, Jimmy Yu reveals that in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, self-inflicted violence was an essential and sanctioned part of Chinese culture. He examines a wide range of practices, including blood writing, filial body-slicing, chastity mutilations and suicides, ritual exposure, and ...(展开全部)

In this illuminating study of a vital but long overlooked aspect of Chinese religious life, Jimmy Yu reveals that in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, self-inflicted violence was an essential and sanctioned part of Chinese culture. He examines a wide range of practices, including blood writing, filial body-slicing, chastity mutilations and suicides, ritual exposure, and ...(展开全部)

Featuring updates and revisions that reflect recent historiography, this new edition of The Portuguese Empire in Asia 1500-1700 presents a comprehensive overview of Portuguese imperial history that considers Asian and European perspectives. Features an argument-driven history with a clear chronological structure Considers the latest developments in English, French, and Portu...(展开全部)

Featuring updates and revisions that reflect recent historiography, this new edition of The Portuguese Empire in Asia 1500-1700 presents a comprehensive overview of Portuguese imperial history that considers Asian and European perspectives. Features an argument-driven history with a clear chronological structure Considers the latest developments in English, French, and Portu...(展开全部)

▼内容简介 本书初版于1992年，于2012年修订再版。如作者所述，本书并非一部考据葡萄牙亚洲殖民地的社会、政治和经济史实细节的作品，而是旨在提供一种对这一历史时期进行综合分析的图式。从1992年到现在，这种图式提出已有二十多年，但依然经受了考验，并未被后来的研究成果超越。 全书共分十章，既历时性地讲述了葡萄牙到来之前亚洲的地缘政治和经济变化以及葡萄牙自身的国家和社会结构、葡萄牙创立亚洲帝国的模式、逻辑及其兴衰历程，也具体地分析了葡萄牙亚洲社会的不同社群，最后的结论部分则对传统的观点提出挑战。 从方法论上，作者突破了单纯的亚洲史和欧洲史的视角，而是要求将葡萄牙的亚洲事业放在全球史的视域中考量，使得本书具有全面性；同时作者也反对模式化的解释，使得本书具有穿透力。因此我们了解到：早期近代亚洲绝非铁板一块，而是有着精英的流动，自身已然发生深刻的变化；葡萄牙...(展开全部)

▼内容简介 本书初版于1992年，于2012年修订再版。如作者所述，本书并非一部考据葡萄牙亚洲殖民地的社会、政治和经济史实细节的作品，而是旨在提供一种对这一历史时期进行综合分析的图式。从1992年到现在，这种图式提出已有二十多年，但依然经受了考验，并未被后来的研究成果超越。 全书共分十章，既历时性地讲述了葡萄牙到来之前亚洲的地缘政治和经济变化以及葡萄牙自身的国家和社会结构、葡萄牙创立亚洲帝国的模式、逻辑及其兴衰历程，也具体地分析了葡萄牙亚洲社会的不同社群，最后的结论部分则对传统的观点提出挑战。 从方法论上，作者突破了单纯的亚洲史和欧洲史的视角，而是要求将葡萄牙的亚洲事业放在全球史的视域中考量，使得本书具有全面性；同时作者也反对模式化的解释，使得本书具有穿透力。因此我们了解到：早期近代亚洲绝非铁板一块，而是有着精英的流动，自身已然发生深刻的变化；葡萄牙...(展开全部)

This book is a unique transdisciplinary study on animals and plants in medieval Chinese religions and science, especially in such a critical era of environmental crisis today. In recent years, environment historians have written intensively on China, yet the study of animals and plants in medieval China was less developed, not much about the role of religions, more precisely. T...(展开全部)

This book is a unique transdisciplinary study on animals and plants in medieval Chinese religions and science, especially in such a critical era of environmental crisis today. In recent years, environment historians have written intensively on China, yet the study of animals and plants in medieval China was less developed, not much about the role of religions, more precisely. T...(展开全部)

This collection of original, new studies about Mainland China,Hong Kong,Taiwan and Singapore and other overseas Chinese communities focuses on religious changes, and especially the role of the state and market in affecting religious developments in these societies. Information was gathered by participant observation and interviews primarily, and the analysis of documents second...(展开全部)

This collection of original, new studies about Mainland China,Hong Kong,Taiwan and Singapore and other overseas Chinese communities focuses on religious changes, and especially the role of the state and market in affecting religious developments in these societies. Information was gathered by participant observation and interviews primarily, and the analysis of documents second...(展开全部)