Selfless offspring : filial children and social order in early medieval China

Selfless offspring : filial children and social order in early medieval China / Keith Nathaniel Knapp.

Author/creator	Knapp, Keith Nathaniel
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2005.
Description	x, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Filial piety--China. Confucian ethics. Parent and child--China.

Portion of title	Filial children and social order in early medieval China
Contents	1. Extended families and the triumph of Confucianism -- 2. The narratives: origins and uses -- 3. Accounts of filial offspring: models for emulation -- 4. Filial miracles and the survival of correlative Confucianism -- 5. Reverent caring -- 6. "Exceeding the rites": mourning and burial motifs -- 7. Filial daughters or surrogate sons?
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-291) and index.
LCCN	2005010802
ISBN	0824828666 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780824828660

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	BJ1533.F5 K63 2005	✔ Available	Place Hold