*SUCCESSION of emperors, *KINGS & rulers, *HEADS of state, KINGS & rulers of China, CHINESE politics & government
Abstract
During the Zhou dynasty, it was customary for the ruling families of the Central States to transmit their titles and states from father to son in the direct line. This paper examines the occasions when this pattern was disrupted, in particular occasions when it is clear that fraternal succession was used, and where this was not the result of usurpation or a failure of the direct line. In the Spring and Autumn period, the state of Wu seems to have developed a most unusual pattern of succession, apparently unique at this time, and a methodology for understanding Wu practice is proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
POLITICAL science, CHINESE history to 221 B.C., CHINESE politics & government
Abstract
Analyzes the pluralism of Chinese political thought of the Zhanguo era from 453 to 221 B.C. Advocacy of the ideal of unified rule; Importance of the Great Unity paradigm in Chinese political culture; Rejection of the Eastern Zhou multi-state system.
PUBLIC officers, SOCIAL networks, CHINESE politics & government, HISTORY
Abstract
Discusses the dynamics of the political networking of Tung Fen, one of Chiang-nan's prominent retired scholar officials in China who was born around 1510. Background of Tung Fen's high-level network and his official career; His high-level network in retirement; His local henchman and his pursuits of wealth and stature; His failure to obtain official eulogy.