The confusions of pleasure : commerce and culture in Ming China / Timothy Brook.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-311) and index.
"First paperback printing 1999"
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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 duree 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. --Publisher description.

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Physical books: copy 1 Stacks, copy 2 ASCC

Contents: Time, space and agency in Ming China -- Sitting and roaming: cultures of direction and movement -- The word on the streets: cultures of text -- Pictures in the Chinese encyclopaedia: image, category, and knowledge -- Pleasure, play and excess -- Dark warriors: cultures of violence -- 'Walking with a staff': ageing and death -- Remnant subjects: afterlives of Ming visual and material culture.
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Matteo Ricci : incontro di civiltà nella Cina dei Ming / a cura di Filppo Mignini.
[Pechine, Capital Museum, 6 febbraio 2010 - 20 marzo 2010, Shanghai, Shanghai Museum, 2 aprile 2010 - 23 maggio 2010, Nanchino, Nanjing Museum, 4 giugno 2010 - 25 luigio 2010]
Bibliography: p. 236-237.
Title device: 利瑪竇
Essays and catalog of an exhibition on Matteo Ricci and the world of the late 16th century.

Sommario: “In cerca di amici”. L’Occidente, Matteo Ricci, la Cina / Filippo Mignini. – Un caso emblematico di eterogenesi di fini / Piergiorgio Odifreddi. -- Cenni sulla pittura italiana da Rafaello a Caravaggio / Lorenza Mochi Onori. – Lo splendore delle ‘Arti Minori’ in Italia negli anni di padre Matteo Ricci / Gabriele Barucca. – La prima casa occidentale in Cina / Francesco Maglioccola. – “L’uomo che misura il sole”: le scienze occidentale in Cina / Eleonora Emili. – Matteo Ricci a Pechino. La fondazione della missione di corte / António Vasconcelos de Saldanha. – Quattrocento anni di cambiamenti sociali intorno al cimitero di Matteo Ricci / Yu Sanle. – Gli interlocutori cinesi de Dieci capitoli di un uomo strano / Wang Suna. – Matteo Ricci e I letterati cinesi. Un incontro di conoscenza e di amicizia / Li Tiangang. – Il cambiamento di status di padre Matteo Ricci alla luce di quattro / Song Liming. Matteo Ricci e la lingua cinese / Giorgio Casacchia e Mariarosario Gianninoto. – Pareti per tranezzare all’Indiana: I paesaggi su piombo di Dughet fra Oriente e Occidente / Andrea G. De Marchi.
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Ming : 50 years that changed China : the BP exhibition [London, British Museum, 18 September 2014 to 5 January 2015] / edited by Craig Clunas and Jessica Harrison-Hall

1. A second founding: Ming China 1400-1450 / Craig Clunas -- 2. Courts: palaces, people and objects / Jessica Harrison-Hall -- 3. Wu: the arts of war / David Robinson -- 4. Wen: the arts of peace / Craig Clunas -- Beliefs: miracles and salvation / Marsha Haufler -- Commerce: the Ming in the world / Timothy Brook.

"Published to accompany a major exhibition at the British Museum and drawing on the latest research, this magnificent book explores the extraordinary history of early Ming China: the fabulous imperial courts, the military and cultural achievements, the complex belief systems, and diplomatic and trading missions. Over 2500 objects from museums across China and the rest of the world are illustrated here, including spectacular recent archaeological discoveries and some of the most beautiful works of art ever made"--Cover flap.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

References: Teng, S.Y., Annotated bibliography of selected Chinese reference works, p. 105-106.

"Sancai tuhui 三才圖會 (Assembled pictures of the Three Realms [i.e. heaven, earth, and man]. Illustrated encyclopedia with maps, charts, tables. Illustrations include Chinese emperors, games, clothing, tools, buildings, precious stones, ceremonies, flowers, plants, animals, the human body, weapons, trebuchets, military technology, spears, halberds, etc."--Cf. Wilkinson, E., Chinese history, a manual, p, 692.

"Sancai tuhui 三才圖會 (1609). 106 juan by Wang Qi 王圻, jinshi 1565, from Shanghai. General encyclopedia, with many maps and illustrations, including, to a large part, materials on the Ming period. Divided according to the 'Three Powers 三才' into the following fourteen sections. The juan of each section are numbered separately; there is no through numbering:
(i) 天文, Astronomy, 4 juan.
(ii) 地理, Geography, 16 juan.
(iii) 人物, Men, 14 juan, containing portraits and biographies of emperors, famous officials, Buddhist and Daoist monks, and pictures of foreigners of actual or imaginary countries.
(iv) 時令, Directives for times and seasons, 4 juan.
(v) 宮室, Buildings, 4 juan.
(vi) 器用, Utensils, Implements, 12 juan, such as ceremonial utensils, ships, horses, fishing utensils, arms (including firearms), utensils for agriculture, for weaving, and for irrigation, furniture and other household utensils, etc.
(vii) 身體, Human physiology, 7 juan.
(viii) 衣服, Clothing for official and private use, 3 juan.
(ix) 人事, Human matters, 10 juan, such as music with instructions for playing, games, calligraphy and painting with instructions, dances, breathing gymnastics [qigong], cock-fights, etc.
(x) 儀制, Ceremonies, rites, rituals, 8 juan.
(xi) 珍寶, Precious things, 2 juan.
(xii) 聞史, Literary history, 4 juan, dealing with the Confucian classics and with poetry.
(xiii) 鳥獸, Birds and beasts, 6 juan.
(xiv) 草木, Plants and trees, 12 juan.
Published during the Wanli period with prefaces by Zhou Kongjiao 周孔教, 1609, and by Xiong Jianhua 熊劍化, 1607, and by Chen Jiru 陳繼儒. -- [Adapted from] Franke, W. An introduction to the sources of Ming history, pp. 312-313 (9.2.2)

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References: Teng, S.Y. Annotated bibliography of selected Chinese reference works, p. 105-106.

"Sancai tuhui 三才圖會 (Assembled pictures of the Three Realms [i.e. heaven, earth, and man]. Illustrated encyclopedia with maps, charts, tables. Illustrations include Chinese emperors, games, clothing, tools, buildings, precious stones, ceremonies, flowers, plants, animals, the human body, weapons, trebuchets, military technology, spears, halberds, etc."--Cf. Wilkinson, E., Chinese history, a manual, p, 692.

"Sancai tuhui 三才圖會 (1609). 106 juan by Wang Qi 王圻, jinshi 1565, from Shanghai. General encyclopedia, with many maps and illustrations, including, to a large part, materials on the Ming period. Divided according to the 'Three Powers 三才' into the following fourteen sections. The juan of each section are numbered separately; there is no through numbering:
(i) 天文, Astronomy, 4 juan.
(ii) 地理, Geography, 16 juan.
(iii) 人物, Men, 14 juan, containing portraits and biographies of emperors, famous officials, Buddhist and Daoist monks, and pictures of foreigners of actual or imaginary countries.
(iv) 時令, Directives for times and seasons, 4 juan.
(v) 宮室, Buildings, 4 juan.
(vi) 器用, Utensils, Implements, 12 juan, such as ceremonial utensils, ships, horses, fishing utensils, arms (including firearms), utensils for agriculture, for weaving, and for irrigation, furniture and other household utensils, etc.
(vii) 身體, Human physiology, 7 juan.
(viii) 衣服, Clothing for official and private use, 3 juan.
(ix) 人事, Human matters, 10 juan, such as music with instructions for playing, games, calligraphy and painting with instructions, dances, breathing gymnastics [qigong], cock-fights, etc.
(x) 儀制, Ceremonies, rites, rituals, 8 juan.
(xi) 珍寶, Precious things, 2 juan.
(xii) 聞史, Literary history, 4 juan, dealing with the Confucian classics and with poetry.,
(xiii) 鳥獸, Birds and beasts, 6 juan.
(xiv) 草木, Plants and trees, 12 juan.
Published during the Wanli period with prefaces by Zhou Kongjiao 周孔教, 1609, and by Xiong Jianhua 熊劍化, 1607, and by Chen Jiru 陳繼儒. -- Adapted from Franke, W. An introduction to the sources of Ming history, pp. 312-313 (9.2.2)