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The Aristocratic Families in Early Imperial China: A Case Study of the Po-Ling Ts'ui Family

Ebrey, Patricia Buckley·1978·Cambridge University Press eBooks
DOI 10.1017/cbo9780511759857
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Much scholarly work has been published on the Chinese medieval 'aristocracy', in Chinese, Japanese and Western languages. It is commonly accepted that the change from an aristocratic society to a 'meritocracy' was one of the turning points of Chinese history. But since almost every aspect of political, economic and cultural history is involved in questions of the nature of the aristocracy, perhaps the only way to test theories of the means by which a small elite preserved its social status and political prestige for seven or eight hundred years is by tracing the fortunes of a single family in great detail. The present work is a fully documented case study of the Ts'uis of Po-ling from the first through the ninth centuries. By observing OW evolution of the Ts'uis as an aristocratic kinship group – and an unusual quantity of rich and original source material was available to Dr Ebrey – the author demonstrates OW fluctuation in aristocratic influence and tic changing basis of such families' prestige and power. Studies such as this are essential to enlarge our knowledge not only of medieval society and politics in China but also the development of family and lineage. In the light of the detailed evidence Dr Ebrey provides, many conventional views many well have to be abandoned.

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  • By sheltering dependents and peasants outside the official household registration system, great families deprived the state of tax revenue and corvée labour, contributing significantly to the sharp decline in registered population.

    “By sheltering dependents and peasants outside the official household registration system, they deprived the state of both tax revenue and corvée labour, contributing significantly to the sharp decline in registered population during this period.”

    From State, great families, and Buddhism: monasticism as calculation in the fiscal governance of early medieval China (2026) · cites this paper as Ebrey, 1978

  • Virtually all Boling Cui who achieved eminence in Northern Wei and thereafter were descendants of one man, Cui Yi.

    “that virtually all the Boling who achieved eminence in Northern Wei and thereafter were descendants of one man, Cui Yi W~, who had served the Former Yan M~ and whose descendants eventually came to serve Northern Wei (Ebrey 1978:53 ff.).”

    From A Survey of Recent Research in Western Languages on the History of Early Medieval China (1994) · cites this paper as Ebrey 1978:53 ff.

  • Ebrey does not contest the view of the limited power of civil office.

    “Ebrey does not contest this view of the limited power of civil office:”

    From A Survey of Recent Research in Western Languages on the History of Early Medieval China (1994) · cites this paper as Ebrey 1978:65

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Authors
Ebrey, P. B.
Affiliations
University of Washington (US)
Corresponding author
Ebrey, Patricia Buckley
Venue
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
1978-06-22
DOI
10.1017/cbo9780511759857
OpenAlex
W4243011176
Cited by
48
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2013: 3
FWCI
5.32
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 11731 d)
Locations
Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Chinese history and philosophy
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Biographical and Historical Analysis
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Historical and Political Studies
Keywords
noble families, kinship groups, lineage, social status, political prestige, early imperial China, Tang dynasty, Wei-Jin period

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