Under the ancestors' eyes : kinship, status, and locality in premodern Korea /
Martina Deuchler.
- xviii, 609 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 378 .
- 378 .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-579) and index.
Part I. Foundations -- The indigenous descent groups of Silla and Koryo -- Crisis of identity: new dynastic venture -- The challenge of Neo-Confucianism -- Part II. Rebuilding the countryside -- Repossessing the countryside: the formation of localized elite -- Consolidation of localized elites in mid-dynasty: the social dimensions -- Consolidation of localized elites in mid-dynasty: the economic -- Part III. Confucian learning and practice -- The Sajok elites as Confucian learners -- Ritual practice and the early formation of localized lineages -- Communal stratification and local-level leadership -- Part IV. Divisions and bonding -- Center and periphery: divorce of interests -- The maturation of the lineage system: identity and locality -- Learning and politics: orthodoxy contested -- Part V. Survival in a changing world -- Transformation within stability: sustain -- The end of Sajok supremacy?
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Elite (Social sciences)--History.--Korea Social structure--History.--Korea Confucianism and state--History.--Korea Kinship--History.--Korea Neo-Confucianism--Korea.