Teaching and Transformation in Popular Confucian Literature o... - 9780472077588

Teaching and Transformation in Popular Confucian Literature of the Late QingAuthor(s): Katherine L Alexander\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Michigan Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Michigan Press\nISBN-13: 9780472077588, 978-0472077588\nSynopsis\nThe Taiping Civil War [tel] was one of the most destructive wars in Chinese history, with the death toll estimated between twenty and thirty million. What visions did survivors have for restoring their fractured society once the war ended? Katherine L. Alexanders Teaching and Transformation in Popular Confucian Literature of the Late Qing approaches these questions through literature by examining the works of evangelical Confucian teacher Yu Zhi [tel], who gave a voice to the zealous side of conservative Confucian reform efforts before, during, and after the Taiping War. His works offer radical visions of a world that could be restored through collective effort and goodness, while also revealing the shifting.