The Board of Rites and the making of Qing China /
"In 1631, Manchu state-makers set up an administrative apparatus that included a ministry for implementing and legislating rites and rituals, the Board of Li, or the Board of Rites. Over the next sixty years the Board of Li helped develop the rules and regulations of the Manchu state, which wer...
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press
[2020]
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvp2n341 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Li and the Qing state
- The Manchu ascendancy and struggles for power
- The New Year's Day ceremony
- The institution of the emperor
- The administrative order and its enactment
- Imperial relatives in service of the state
- Completing the system : the case of imperial dress
- Codification : the Da Qing Huidian
- Conclusion : Li, Qing China, and early modern Eurasia
- Appendix 1 : sons and grandsons of Nurchaci and Surhaci mentioned in the text
- Appendix 2 : banner lords under Nurhaci and Hong Taiji
- Appendix 3 : a note on sources.