Prof Xu Maoming
Prof Xu Maoming
Thursday November 13, 2014 1700-1830 hrs
University of Oxford China Centre (Lecture Theatre 1)
Dickson Poon Building
Canterbury Road
Oxford OX2 6LU
明清江南宗族、文化与地域社会
(lecture in Chinese)
明清以来江南一直是中国经济文化的引领者，至今仍对中国有着深刻的影响。
在历史上，江南是一个变化不定的概念，明清时期它主要是指太湖流域的苏州、松江、太仓、常州、杭州、嘉兴、湖州，共7府1州。明清江南地区的宗族广泛存在，但这一地区与华南的宗族又有着很大的差别，江南地区不是严格意义上的宗族社会。明清江南地区经济发达，文化昌盛，因此这里的宗族也表现出很强的文化特色，很多宗族属于“文化世族”，这主要从家风与家学两个方面来，那些家风尚文重教、积德行善，家学源远流长、成就卓著的家族都可以列为文化世族。他们对于地域社会的影响主要是通过文化成就与道德教化，来引导区域社会风尚与文化的走向，是一种柔性但却非常有效的影响力。
“Lineage, Culture and Local Society in the Jiangnan Region in the Ming-Qing dynasties” (in Chinese)
The Lower Yangzi region has played a prominent role in China’s economic and cultural history during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It still influences China profoundly in the modern age. During the Ming and Qing, the Jiangnan area referred to the prefectures of Suzhou, Taicang, Changzhou, Songjiang, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, and Huzhou. In the late imperial period, lineages were widespread in this region, but they differed significantly from lineages in South China. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, because of the prosperous economic growth and cultural development in the area, local lineages showed a very strong interest in culture. I propose that these many lineages belonged to a type of “cultural lineages” (文化世族) who were mainly active in two areas: family tradition (家风) and family learning (家学). They took education and social responsibility very seriously. Their influence on the local communities that surrounded them was through cultural achievements and moral enlightenment, and they were able to shape the larger cultural trends in the region.
Xu Maoming is a professor in the Research Center for Modern Chinese Society in Shanghai Normal University. You find more information on his webpage, http://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/staff/ea/chinese/xumaoming.html
University of Oxford China Centre (Lecture Theatre 1)
Dickson Poon Building
Canterbury Road
Oxford OX2 6LU
明清江南宗族、文化与地域社会
(lecture in Chinese)
明清以来江南一直是中国经济文化的引领者，至今仍对中国有着深刻的影响。
在历史上，江南是一个变化不定的概念，明清时期它主要是指太湖流域的苏州、松江、太仓、常州、杭州、嘉兴、湖州，共7府1州。明清江南地区的宗族广泛存在，但这一地区与华南的宗族又有着很大的差别，江南地区不是严格意义上的宗族社会。明清江南地区经济发达，文化昌盛，因此这里的宗族也表现出很强的文化特色，很多宗族属于“文化世族”，这主要从家风与家学两个方面来，那些家风尚文重教、积德行善，家学源远流长、成就卓著的家族都可以列为文化世族。他们对于地域社会的影响主要是通过文化成就与道德教化，来引导区域社会风尚与文化的走向，是一种柔性但却非常有效的影响力。
“Lineage, Culture and Local Society in the Jiangnan Region in the Ming-Qing dynasties” (in Chinese)
The Lower Yangzi region has played a prominent role in China’s economic and cultural history during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It still influences China profoundly in the modern age. During the Ming and Qing, the Jiangnan area referred to the prefectures of Suzhou, Taicang, Changzhou, Songjiang, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, and Huzhou. In the late imperial period, lineages were widespread in this region, but they differed significantly from lineages in South China. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, because of the prosperous economic growth and cultural development in the area, local lineages showed a very strong interest in culture. I propose that these many lineages belonged to a type of “cultural lineages” (文化世族) who were mainly active in two areas: family tradition (家风) and family learning (家学). They took education and social responsibility very seriously. Their influence on the local communities that surrounded them was through cultural achievements and moral enlightenment, and they were able to shape the larger cultural trends in the region.
Xu Maoming is a professor in the Research Center for Modern Chinese Society in Shanghai Normal University. You find more information on his webpage, http://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/staff/ea/chinese/xumaoming.html
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