05723cam a2200769Ii 4500 ocn874160920 OCoLC 20200709060009.0 m d cr cn||||||||| 130520t20142014maua ob 001 0beng d E7B eng rda pn E7B OCLCO N$T OCLCF JSTOR COO ZXC NGU YDXCP REB OCLCQ CUS EBLCP OCLCQ UIU GKJ OCL AGLDB OCLCQ OCLCO MOR PIFAG ZCU JBG MERUC OCLCQ IOG OCLCO DEGRU DEBBG 870167925 961585680 962671106 979755745 992839252 9780674726420 (electronic bk.) 0674726421 (electronic bk.) 0674725255 (hardcover ; alk. paper) 9780674725256 (hardcover ; alk. paper) 9780674725256 (hardcover ; alk. paper) 10.4159/harvard.9780674726420 doi 660121 (N$T) (OCoLC)874160920 (OCoLC)870167925 (OCoLC)961585680 (OCoLC)962671106 (OCoLC)979755745 (OCoLC)992839252 22573/ctt65v4q5 JSTOR a-cc--- DS751.6.S97 E37 2014eb BIO 006000 bisacsh HIS 008000 bisacsh BIO006000 bisacsh REL065000 bisacsh HIS008000 bisacsh BIO 006000 bisacsh. 951/.024092 B 23 MAIN Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, 1947- author. Emperor Huizong / Patricia Buckley Ebrey. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource (708 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. I. Learning to rule, 1082-1108. Growing up in the palace, 1082-1099 ; Taking the throne, 1100 ; Trying for balance, 1101-1108 -- II. Striving for magnificence, 1102-1112. Placing faith in Daoism, 1100-1110 ; Embracing and revitalizing tradition ; Welcoming masters and experts ; Crafting an image as an artist -- III. Anticipating great things, 1107-1120. Pursuing the monumental ; Finding pleasure in court and palace life ; Working with councilors ; Accepting divine revelations, 1110-1119 ; Allying with Jin -- IV. Confronting failure, 1121-1135. Adjusting to military setbacks, 1121-1125 ; Abdicating the throne, 1125-1126 ; Losing everything, 1126-1127 ; Enduring captivity, 1127-1135 -- Afterword -- Appendix A. Reasons for rejecting some common stories about Huizong and his court -- Appendix B. Huizong's consorts and their children -- Timeline. Main Description:China was the most advanced country in the world when Huizong ascended the throne in 1100 CE. In his eventful twenty-six year reign, the artistically-gifted emperor guided the Song Dynasty toward cultural greatness. Yet Huizong would be known to posterity as a political failure who lost the throne to Jurchen invaders and died their prisoner. The first comprehensive English-language biography of this important monarch, Emperor Huizong is a nuanced portrait that corrects the prevailing view of Huizong as decadent and negligent. Patricia Ebrey recasts him as a ruler genuinely ambitious--if too much so--in pursuing glory for his flourishing realm. After a rocky start trying to overcome political animosities at court, Huizong turned his attention to the good he could do. He greatly expanded the court's charitable ventures, founding schools, hospitals, orphanages, and paupers' cemeteries. An accomplished artist, he surrounded himself with outstanding poets, painters, and musicians and built palaces, temples, and gardens of unsurpassed splendor. What is often overlooked, Ebrey points out, is the importance of religious Daoism in Huizong's understanding of his role. He treated Daoist spiritual masters with great deference, wrote scriptural commentaries, and urged his subjects to adopt his beliefs and practices. This devotion to the Daoist vision of sacred kingship eventually alienated the Confucian mainstream and compromised his ability to govern. Readers will welcome this lively biography, which adds new dimensions to our understanding of a passionate and paradoxical ruler who, so many centuries later, continues to inspire both admiration and disapproval. In English. Master record variable field(s) change: 072, 650 Song Huizong, Emperor of China, 1082-1135. Song Huizong, Emperor of China, 1082-1135. fast (OCoLC)fst00120632 China History Song dynasty, 960-1279. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical. bisacsh HISTORY Asia China. bisacsh Song Dynasty (China) fast (OCoLC)fst01696776 China. fast (OCoLC)fst01206073 Miscellaneous. 960-1279 fast Electronic books. History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Print version: Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, 1947- Emperor Huizong. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014 9780674725256 (DLC) 2013017623 (OCoLC)840460698 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=660121 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL3301386 ebrary EBRY ebr10836409 EBSCOhost EBSC 660121 YBP Library Services YANK 10794034 De Gruyter DEGR 9780674726420 92 N$T 54086 54086