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The Mythistorical Chinese Scholar-Rebel-Advisor Li Yan

A Global Perspective, 1606-2018

By: Roger V. Des Forges

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The Mythistorical Chinese Scholar-Rebel-Advisor Li Yan

A Global Perspective, 1606-2018

By: Roger V. Des Forges

Roger Des Forges here examines the puzzle of Li Yan, a Chinese scholar who advised the rebel Li Zicheng (1605-1645), and helped him to overthrow the Ming, only to die at his hands. For more than three centuries, Li Yan’s identity and even existence were seriously questioned. Then, in 2004, there was discovered a genealogical manuscript which includes a Li Yan (1606-1644). He now appears to be the principal historical reality behind the Li Yan story, which became a powerful metaphor for the rise and fall of Li Zicheng’s rebellion. Offering a fresh theory of Chinese and world history, the author elucidates Li Yan’s historical significance by comparing and contrasting him with similar figures in other times and places around the globe.

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9004421068

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Cultural Centrality and Political Change in Chinese History

Northeast Henan in the Fall of the Ming

By: Roger V. Des Forges

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Cultural Centrality and Political Change in Chinese History

Northeast Henan in the Fall of the Ming

By: Roger V. Des Forges

The Ming period of Chinese history is often depicted as one of cultural aridity, political despotism, and social stasis. Recent studies have shown that the arts continued to flourish, government remained effective, people enjoyed considerable mobility, and China served as a center of the global economy. This study goes further to argue that China’s perennial quest for cultural centrality resulted in periodic political changes that permitted the Chinese people to retain control over social and economic developments. The study focuses on two and a half million people in three prefectures of northeast Henan, the central province in the heart of the "central plain”--a common synecdoche for China. The author argues that this population may have been more representative of the Chinese people at large than were the residents of more prosperous regions. Many diverse individuals in northeast Henan invoked historical models to deal with the present and shape the future. Though they differed in the lessons they drew, they shared the view that the Han dynasty was particularly relevant to their own time. Han and Ming politics were integral parts of a pattern of Chinese historical development that has lasted to the present.

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Stanford University Press

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0804740445

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Cultural Centrality and Political Change in Chinese History

Northeast Henan in the Fall of the Ming

By: Roger V. Des Forges

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Northeast Henan in the Fall of the Ming

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Student Study Guide to The Asian World, 600-1500

By: Roger Des Forges,John Major

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Student Study Guide to The Asian World, 600-1500

By: Roger Des Forges,John Major

The Christian doctrine of heaven has been a moral source of enormous power in western culture. It has provided astriking account of the ultimate good in life and has for two millennia animated the hope that our lives can be fully meaningful. Recently, however, the doctrine of heaven has lost much of its grip on the western imagination and hasbecome a vague and largely ignored part of the Christian creed. Not only have our hopes been redefined as a result,but our very identity as human beings has been altered.In this book, Jerry L. Walls argues that the doctrine of heaven is ripe for serious reconsideration. He contends not only that the orthodox view of heaven can be defended from objections commonly raised against it, but also that heaven is a powerful resource for addressing persistent philosophical problems, not the least of which concern the ground of morality and the meaning of life. Walls shows how heaven is integrally related to central Christian doctrines, particularly those concerning salvation, and tackles the difficult problem of why faith in Christ is necessary to save us from our sins. In addition, heaven is shown to illumine thorny problems of personal identity and to be anessential component of a satisfactory theodicy. Walls goes on to examine data from near-death experiences from the standpoint of some important recent work in epistemology and argues that they offer positive evidence for heaven. He concludes that we profoundly need to recover the hope of heaven in order to recover our very humanity.

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Oxford University Press

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0195223403

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The Mythistorical Chinese Scholar-rebel-advisor Li Yan

A Global Perspective, 1606-2018

By: Roger V. Des Forges

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The Mythistorical Chinese Scholar-rebel-advisor Li Yan

A Global Perspective, 1606-2018

By: Roger V. Des Forges

Roger Des Forges here examines the puzzle of Li Yan, a Chinese scholar who advised the rebel Li Zicheng (1605-1645), and helped him to overthrow the Ming, only to die at his hands. For more than three centuries, Li Yan's identity and even existence were seriously questioned. Then, in 2004, there was discovered a genealogical manuscript which includes a Li Yan (1606-1644). He now appears to be the principal historical reality behind the Li Yan story, which became a powerful metaphor for the rise and fall of Li Zicheng's rebellion. Offering a fresh theory of Chinese and world history, the author elucidates Li Yan's historical significance by comparing and contrasting him with similar figures in other times and places around the globe."--

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Leiden Comparative Historiogra

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900442105X

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9789004421059

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The Mythistorical Chinese Scholar-Rebel-Advisor Li Yan

The Mythistorical Chinese Scholar-Rebel-Advisor Li Yan

Cultural Centrality and Political Change in Chinese History

Cultural Centrality and Political Change in Chinese History

Cultural Centrality and Political Change in Chinese History

Cultural Centrality and Political Change in Chinese History

Student Study Guide to The Asian World, 600-1500

Student Study Guide to The Asian World, 600-1500

The Mythistorical Chinese Scholar-rebel-advisor Li Yan

The Mythistorical Chinese Scholar-rebel-advisor Li Yan

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