Women, property, and Confucian reaction in Sung and Yüan China (960-1368)

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Women, property, and Confucian reaction in Sung and Yüan China (960-1368)

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Bettine Birge

Title variation

Women, Property, & Confucian Reaction in Sung & Yüan China (960–1368)

Creator

• Birge, Bettine

Subject

• China -- Social conditions -- 960-1644
• Women -- Social conditions

Language

eng

Summary

This book, originally published in 2002, argues that the Mongol invasion of the thirteenth century precipitated a transformation of marriage and property law in China that deprived women of their property rights and reduced their legal and economic autonomy. It describes how after a period during which women's property rights were steadily improving, and laws and practices affecting marriage and property were moving away from Confucian ideals, the Mongol occupation created a new constellation of property and gender relations that persisted to the end of the imperial era. It shows how the Mongol-Yüan rule in China ironically created the conditions for radical changes in the law, which for the first time brought it into line with the goals of Learning the Way Confucians and which curtailed women's financial and personal autonomy. The book evaluates the Mongol invasion and its influence on Chinese law and society.--

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• Cambridge studies in Chinese history, literature, and institutions

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Provided by publisher

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UkCbUP

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

• Cambridge studies in Chinese history, literature, and institutions
• Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks