| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 295 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: Filial piety beyond Confucianism -- Part I. Ruling the empire through the principle of filiality. "Parents can never be wrong" : punishing rebellious children as a didactic show -- Policies and counterstrategies : negotiating state-sponsored filiality in the everyday -- "Parenting all under heaven on behalf of heaven" : state-sponsored filiality and imperial rulership -- Part II. Building the nation through restructuring the family. Reorienting parent-child relations : from parents' authority to children's rights -- Reconceptualizing parent-child relations : from lifelong parental privilege to transitory guardianship -- A constitutional agenda : remaking the family to make a new state -- Conclusion: Filial piety toward the state |
| Summary |
"In late 1821, Jiang Qishun from Longli county of Guizhou province, coerced (bixie) his daughter-in-law Jiang Yuan Shi into incestuous intercourse. They "renewed their affair" (xujian) once afterwards. Jiang Qishun's son became aware of this sexual liaison when he ran into a flirtatious chat between his father and his wife. He forced his wife into admitting guilt, beat her, and moved with her to a separate residence. He threatened his wife that he would kill her if he once more found her having intercourse with his father. He did not dare to report the incident to the authorities, however. From that time on, Jiang Yuan Shi repented (huiguo), and refused to see her father-in-law (bi bu jianmian). To remove the thorn from his side, Jiang Qishun arranged for five men to forcibly take his son to the county court so that he could have his son punished for rebellious behavior. Jiang Qishun's son resisted arrest and died from his injuries. His death was reported to the authorities by Jiang Qishun as a death in affray committed by an unknown party. After Jiang Yuan Shi overheard her father-in-law drunkenly confessing that he had orchestrated her husband's death to facilitate further sexual contact with her, she killed him to vent her hatred. She tried to hang herself to avoid punishment, but she was saved by her neighbors"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 05, 2021) |
| Subject |
Families -- China -- History
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Filial piety -- China -- History
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Family policy -- China -- History
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HISTORY / Asia / General.
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Families.
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Family policy.
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Filial piety.
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China.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021025512 |
| ISBN |
9781108974479 |
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1108974473 |
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