Imagining China in Tokugawa Japan

Legends, Classics, and Historical Terms

AvWai-ming Ng

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Pioneering study of the localization of Chinese culture in early modern Japan, using legends, classics, and historical terms as case studies.While current scholarship on Tokugawa Japan (1603–1868) tends to see China as either a model or "the Other," Wai-ming Ng's pioneering and ambitious study offers a new perspective by suggesting that Chinese culture also functioned as a collection of "cultural building blocks" that were selectively introduced and then modified to fit into the Japanese tradition. Chinese terms and forms survived, but the substance and the spirit were made Japanese. This borrowing of Chinese terms and forms to express Japanese ideas and feelings could result in the same things having different meanings in China and Japan, and this process can be observed in the ways in which Tokugawa Japanese reinterpreted Chinese legends, Confucian classics, and historical terms. Ng breaks down the longstanding dichotomies between model and "the other," civilization and barbarism, as well as center and periphery that have been used to define Sino-Japanese cultural exchange. He argues that Japanese culture was by no means merely an extended version of Chinese culture, and Japan's uses and interpretations of Chinese elements were not simply deviations from the original teachings. By replacing a Sinocentric perspective with a cross-cultural one, Ng's study represents a step forward in the study of Tokugawa intellectual history.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-03-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 27 mm
Vikt:476 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9781438473079

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Wai-ming Ng is Professor of Japanese Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is the author of The I Ching in Tokugawa Thought and Culture.

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"The strength of Ng's book lies in the detailed analysis of how Chinese legends, classical treaties, and terminology were received in Japanese history. His work will be an excellent reference point for those who wish to familiarize themselves with one or more of the wide range of topics covered." — Journal of Japanese Studies"Ng commands Chinese as well as the Japanese source material, so that the book has a valuable comparative aspect." — Journal of Chinese Studies"What the author has done with great success is to break down the longstanding dichotomies that have been established in prior scholarship between center and margins, self and 'other,' empire and tributary states, civilization and barbarism, and so forth, treating China and Japan on equal terms. An impressive achievement." — Richard J. Smith, author of The Qing Dynasty and Traditional Chinese Culture

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsA Note on RomanizationIntroduction: The China Factor in Tokugawa CulturePart I. Naturalization of Chinese Legends1. Xu Fu as Chinese Migrant2. Yang Guifei as Shinto Deity3. Wu Taibo as Imperial AncestorPart II. Appropriation of Confucian Classics4. The Mencius and Politics5. The Xiaojing and Ethics6. The Yijing and ShintoPart III. Redefinition of Historical Terms7. Names for China8. Bakufu and Shōgun 9. Redefining LegitimacyEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex