Peking: Temples and City Life, 1400-1900

844 Pages·2001·29.247 MB·English

by  Susan Naquin

DS
795.3
• N36
2000
Peking
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Temples and City Life
1400-1900
Susan Naquin
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
SO. ORANGE, NJ 07079-2671
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Berkeley Los Angeles London
The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generou is contribution to this
book provided by the China Publication Subventions and by the Philip E_
Lilienthal Asian Studies Endowment, which is supporte d by a major gift from
Sally Lilienthal.
University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
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University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
© 2000 by
The Regents of the University of CalifornizL
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Naquin, Susan.
Peking : temples and city life, 1400-1900 / Susan Naquin,
p. cm.
"Philip E. Lilienthal Asian studies imprint.”
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-520-21991-0- (alk. paper)
i. Peking (China)_ History. 2. Temples—China—Peking. 3. China—History—
Ming dynasty, 1368—1644. 4. China~History~Ch^ng dynasty, 1644-1912. I. Title.
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Peking
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B O O K
The Philip E. LilieoAal imprint
honors special books
in commemoration of a man whose work
at the University of California Press from 1954 to 1979
was marked by dedication to young authors
and to high standards in the field of Asian Studies.
Friends, family, authors, and foundations have together
endowed the Lilienthal Fund, which enables the Press
to publish under this imprint selected books
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To Hilda Mumford and Betty Smith,
who taught me to love history
CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
PART ONE • PEKING AND ITS TEMPLES
Chapter i. Introducing Peking
Walls and Gates
Mountains and Waterways
Chapter 2. Gods and Clerics
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Temple Buildings
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HHoommeess ffoorr CGloedrisc s 3 -p5

Chapter 3. Communities and Public Space
Patrons 7

Assets 6^ 75
Control 57 -7
Activities 500 2
Leisure
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PART TWO • MING PEKING
Chapter 4. A New Capital
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Chapter 5. Imperial Peking 210
Imperial Domain
State Religion
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Imperial Initiatives 2
Imperial Women 4*
Eunuch Intermediaries 5
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Impact of Imperial Patronage
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Chapter 6. Urban Communities

Officials
Local Elites 6
Sojourners

Lodges
Clerics
Chapter 7. Late Ming Associations 7-r

Politics
Collective Piety
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Temple Associations

Pilgrimage
Chapter 8. Seeing the Sights 72

Guides
Suburban Vistas 93-5
Urban Sights

Annual Festivals 6
Mir^ Peking 9^

PART THREE • QING PEKING 7
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Chapter 9. 1644: Partition and Transition
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Occupation
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Remembering
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Chapter 10. The Imperial World 0

Forbidden City
Suburban Estates 0J
Representations 07

State Religion
Imperial Household p2
Emperors

Imperial Family
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Chapter xi. New Divisions 5-
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Governing the Empire 55
Governing Peking
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Bannermen
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Manchus and Chinese 0
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Chapter 12. Reintegration 500
The Banner Inner City 00

The Chinese Outer City
The Suburbs 50
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Peking’s Holidays 0

Chapter 13. The Sights of Qing Peking
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From Gazetteers and Compendia J

To Private Writings and Guidebooks 4
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From Embassies 4 0
To Tourists - 200
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Chapter 14. Religious Associations 4
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Popular Gods
The Dongyuemiao
Pilgrimage and Our Lady of Taishan
Miaofengshan
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Other Associations

The Impact of the State
Chapter 15. Temples and Private Purposes c5552
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Families -5
Muslims 5
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Christians 5
Tibetan Buddhists --5 *
HSeucitgaruiaanns , 77IJo
Guilds, Lodges, and Temples 55,
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Chapter 16. Temples and Public Purposes 6'272500
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Markets \o
Entertainment 6''04
Government Services o' 2052
Private Charity 5
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Politics
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Epilogue. In Search of Old Peking 677 9

Tiphoe oO aldn Cd aItpsi tCalo nsequences 9 O 00n6
The Singularity of Peking? J6O7 :

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APPENDIX 1. DATA ON TEMPLES 7600 9
APPENDIX 2. DATA ON INSCRIPTIONS 701 1
APPENDIX 3. DONATIONS TO MING AND QING TEMPLES J
BIBLIOGRAPHY J2I
GLOSSARY-INDEX 783