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DS 795.3 • N36 2000 Peking , 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 r 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. DS795.3.N36 2000 95i'.i56—dc2i 99-32294 CIP Printed in Canada ■ Hn 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO ^39-4^" x992 (R 1997) {Permanence of Paper). @ Peking ■ ■ ■ 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 in a way that reflects the taste and judgment of a great and beloved author. 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 J 9 Temple Buildings J 9 HHoommeess ffoorr CGloedrisc s 3 -p5 Chapter 3. Communities and Public Space Patrons 7 Assets 6^ 75 Control 57 -7 Activities 500 2 Leisure p5 PART TWO • MING PEKING Chapter 4. A New Capital 9 The Past Preserved 0 S The City Resettled 9 o o J / I 9 * 4 05 7 0 J 3 2 0 0 5 7 o 7 2 2 o 2 o 2 2 0 0 2 2 o 2 9 2 9 0 6 2 6 - 2 75 2 2 2 2 / 2 2 9 J J J I J 7 J i / _ X 5 / p J 5 J 0 J 0 J 0 Chapter 5. Imperial Peking 210 Imperial Domain State Religion * Imperial Initiatives 2 Imperial Women 4* Eunuch Intermediaries 5 4 Impact of Imperial Patronage d Chapter 6. Urban Communities Officials Local Elites 6 Sojourners Lodges Clerics Chapter 7. Late Ming Associations 7-r Politics Collective Piety 7I 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 o Chapter 9. 1644: Partition and Transition 0 Occupation 5 Remembering 0 Chapter 10. The Imperial World 0 Forbidden City Suburban Estates 0J Representations 07 State Religion Imperial Household p2 Emperors Imperial Family 5. 9 Chapter xi. New Divisions 5- 5 - Governing the Empire 55 Governing Peking 7 Bannermen O4 Manchus and Chinese 0 O0 Chapter 12. Reintegration 500 The Banner Inner City 00 The Chinese Outer City The Suburbs 50 9 Peking’s Holidays 0 Chapter 13. The Sights of Qing Peking o From Gazetteers and Compendia J To Private Writings and Guidebooks 4 - From Embassies 4 0 To Tourists - 200 .0 Chapter 14. Religious Associations 4 59 Popular Gods The Dongyuemiao Pilgrimage and Our Lady of Taishan Miaofengshan 5J Other Associations The Impact of the State Chapter 15. Temples and Private Purposes c5552 v Families -5 Muslims 5 -6569 Christians 5 Tibetan Buddhists --5 * HSeucitgaruiaanns , 77IJo Guilds, Lodges, and Temples 55, 0 Chapter 16. Temples and Public Purposes 6'272500 6' 0 Markets \o Entertainment 6''04 Government Services o' 2052 Private Charity 5 6- Politics Jp2 Epilogue. In Search of Old Peking 677 9 Tiphoe oO aldn Cd aItpsi tCalo nsequences 9 O 00n6 The Singularity of Peking? J6O7 : J/ 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

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