The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. During that time, China, not Europe, was the center of the world: the European voyages of exploration were searching not just for new lands but also for new trade routes to the Far East. In this book, Timothy Brook eloquently narrates the changing landscape of life over the three centuries of the Ming (1368-1644), when China was transformed from a closely administered agrarian realm into a place of commercial profits and intense competition for status.
The Confusions of Pleasure marks a significant departure from the conventional ways in which Chinese history has been written. Rather than recounting the Ming dynasty in a series of political events and philosophical achievements, it narrates this longue durée in terms of the habits and strains of everyday life. Peppered with stories of real people and their negotiations of a rapidly changing world, this book provides a new way of seeing the Ming dynasty that not only contributes to the scholarly understanding of the period but also provides an entertaining and accessible introduction to Chinese history for anyone.
卜正民(Timothy Brook)
哈佛大学哲学博士,不列颠哥伦比亚大学历史系讲座教授,加拿大皇家学会会员,2015—2016年度亚洲研究学会(Association for Asian Studies)会长。曾任多伦多、斯坦福、牛津等大学历史学教授,不列颠哥伦比亚大学圣约翰学院院长。主要研究明代社会和文化史、中国近代史、全球史,并担任哈佛大学出版社《帝制中国历史》主编。2005年获加拿大历史协会颁发的历史学奖项弗朗索瓦‧泽维尔‧加诺奖章,2006年获颁古根海姆学术奖。
代表著作有《纵乐的困惑》《为权力祈祷》《维梅尔的帽子》《秩序的沦陷》《塞尔登的中国地图》等。
《纵乐的困惑:明代的商业与文化》, 从一块明砖开始的描述 加拿大籍历史学家卜正民(Timothy Brook)对中国明代的商业与文化史描述,是从南京老城墙上的一块砖开始的,那砖上烧刻有当时窑工的姓字。但那块砖至今还镶嵌在那里,历史学家也无法取下来,于是就开始...
评分加拿大学者写的一本关于中国明代商业与文化的书。 这本书的写法比较特别,作者把全书分为四个部分:冬、春、夏、秋。冬代表安静和静谧,是晚明时期一个作者(也是贯穿本书的重要人物)对明初回忆时的想法。本书从这位晚明作者的感受开始,结合浩如烟海的史料,尤其是大量的地...
评分This work is wittily woven together with the four seasons as four chapters, resonating with the rise and fall of the Ming dynasty. It is meant to be a cultural history of the dynasty. To this purpose, it adopts some historical people’s perspective(Dramatis...
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