A Ming Confucians World: Selections from Miscellaneous Records from the Bean Garden Lu Rong
A Ming Confucians World: Selections from Miscellaneous Records from the Bean Garden Lu Rong A forgotten century marks the years between the Ming dynasty's (1368-1644) turbulent founding and its…
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A Ming Confucians World: Selections from Miscellaneous Records from the Bean Garden Lu Rong
A forgotten century marks the years between the Ming dynasty's (1368-1644) turbulent founding and its sixteenth-century age of exploration and economic transformation. Openly expressing his admirations and frustrations, Lu provides a window into the quotidian that sets Bean Garden apart from other works of the biji genre of informal notes.Mark Halperin organizes a translated selection of Lu's records to create a panorama of Ming life. In this period of social stability, retired scholar-official Lu Rong chronicled his observations of Chinese society in Miscellaneous Records from the Bean Garden (Shuyuan zaji).
Centuries after their composition, Lu's A man of unusual curiosity, Lu describes multiple social classes, ethnicities, and locales in his accounts of political intrigues, farming techniques, religious practices, etiquette, crime, and family life.
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