art of association

A breakthrough work in the study of scholar communities, presenting the daily life and academic activities of scholars in Ming and Qing Dynasties. With the theme of associations, across China, Japan, Vietnam and other places, we will see how literati associations demonstrate the style of scholars and influence the Chinese character cultural circle in the East Asian world.

1. Preface by the famous scholar Wang Fansen, unanimously recommended by Li Xiaoti, Lu Miaofen, Wu Renshu and Zuo Dongling

2. Breakthroughs in previous related research results will change scholars' understanding of community activities, especially the community activities of East Asian intellectuals from the 16th to the 18th centuries. In the past, studies on literati associations mostly focused on Jiangnan in the late Ming Dynasty. This book comprehensively deals with poetry clubs and literary societies in various regions during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as Zhiyi literary societies that mainly focused on imperial examinations but extended to interpretation of classics. The understanding of the history of East Asian academic thought from the 16th to the 18th century;

3. Interdisciplinary writing, discussing from multiple aspects. Combining scholars from different fields, such as literature and history, to study various community activities of scholars in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and explore from multiple aspects such as politics, society, clan, space, literature, thought, medicine, religion, etc., presenting the daily life of scholars in Ming and Qing Dynasties The diversity of academic activities and the complex relationship between social networks;

4. Refined, multi-angle, not obsessed with a single nature of the community. This book uses social collections as a general term, and conducts case studies on topics such as urban space, local families, status classes, calligraphy, painting, medicine, and imperial examinations, and puts forward different views on "social collections", showing the rich community life of Ming and Qing literati in many ways. ;

5. The historical materials are detailed. The book attempts to use a large number of local chronicles, family genealogy and other materials to construct the development history of local communities. At the same time, the author's self-made charts are attached to provide convenience for readers;

6. Present an effective academic operation mode. The reality of history is inherently integrated. Due to the detailed division of modern disciplines, scholars often stick to their respective territories and cultivate intensively. However, they have the disadvantage of seeing the trees for the trees but not the forest. With the theme of "association", this book invites research experts in various fields to give full play to their academic advantages to conduct focused discussions, which brings a lot of enlightenment to related academic fields and provides useful reference for future academic operation methods.

【Book Introduction】

This book is a breakthrough in the study of the Ming and Qing literati communities. The book combines scholars from different fields such as literature and history to study various community activities of scholars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, focusing on community and urban space, local families, identity/class, etc., from the aspects of society, clan, space, literature, thought, medicine, etc. By exploring multiple aspects such as the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it presents the diversity of daily life and academic activities of scholars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as the complex relationship between social networks. At the same time, it also studies the literati associations in Japan and Vietnam in the eighteenth century, which will help to deepen the study of the intellectual history, cultural history and social history of the Ming and Qing Dynasties from the perspective of East Asia. In addition, the phenomenon of various cross-border transfers and multi-learning in the book also provides a useful reference for future academic operation methods.

【Recommended by famous experts】

In the past, studies on literati associations mostly focused on Jiangnan in the late Ming Dynasty. This book breaks through the results of all previous related research, and comprehensively deals with poetry societies and literary societies in various regions during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as Zhiyi literary societies that mainly focused on imperial examinations but expanded to interpretation of classics. In addition to academics, ideology, and literature, these articles further explore topics such as community and local families, society and identity/class, and society and calligraphy, painting, and medicine from the perspectives of social history and cultural history; The area expanded from China to Japan and Vietnam. These studies with novel horizons and fruitful results have completely rewritten our past understanding of the history of East Asian academic thought from the 16th to the 18th centuries, and are must-read works for the study of Ming and Qing ideology.

——Li Xiaoti (Academic Committee Member, Institute of Literature and History, Fudan University)

Combining scholars from different fields such as literature and history, this book studies various social gathering activities of scholars in Ming and Qing Dynasties, explores from multiple aspects such as politics, society, clan, space, literature, thought, medicine, religion, etc., and presents the scholars of Ming and Qing Dynasties The diversity of daily life and academic activities, and the complex relationship between social networks. The content of this book not only enriches our understanding of the Ming and Qing literati communities, but also challenges the narrowness of our modern academic disciplines and majors through the various phenomena of cross-border transfer and multi-learning in the book.

——Lv Miaofen (Researcher at the Institute of Modern History of the Academia Sinica)

This book is the latest and most comprehensive research on the literati community. It points out that after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the society almost became a national movement of intellectuals. It not only combined with local families, but also crossed different urban networks, reflecting the change of morale at that time. , affects the political situation at the local and central levels; it affects not only other professions such as doctors, but also affects the cultural circle of Chinese characters in East Asia, such as the atmosphere in Japan and Vietnam.

——Wu Renshu (Researcher at the Institute of Modern History of the Academia Sinica)

Taking "association" as the theme, inviting research experts in various fields to give full play to their academic advantages to conduct focused discussions is an effective way of academic operation. Due to the detailed division of modern disciplines, scholars often stick to their respective territories and cultivate intensively, but they have the disadvantage of seeing the trees for the trees but not the forest. But the reality of history is a seamless one. The changes in the world and interpersonal disputes are the result of the aggregation of various forces. Even if it is a highly independent poetry creation, it is difficult to speak clearly without leaving the complex historical whole. "Association" itself is a window for the display of humanistic vitality in the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming and Qing Dynasties are the tangled points of the changes in the humanistic spirit. Therefore, the academic connotation of this book will bring a lot of enlightenment to related academic fields, and provide useful reference for future academic operation methods.

——Zuo Dongling (Senior Professor of Capital Normal University, Distinguished Professor of Changjiang Scholars of the Ministry of Education)