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050	0	4	_aDS749 _b.F766 2014
100	1		_aDavis, Richard L., _d1951- _e1
245	1	0	_aFrom warhorses to ploughshares : _bthe later Tang reign of Emperor Mingzong / _cRichard L. Davis.
260			_aHong Kong : _bHong Kong University Press, _c(c)2014.
300			_a1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages) : _billustrations (some color), color map
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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505	0	0	_aAcknowledgments -- _tPreface -- _tPeople and places -- _tRoyal passage -- _tPolitical events : the Tiancheng reign, 926-930 -- _tPolitical events : the Changxing reign, 930-933 -- _tInstitutions, reforms, and political culture -- _tVolatile periphery -- _tEpilogue -- _tChronology of events for the reign of Mingzong.
520	0		_aMingzong (r. 926-933) was the most illustrious emperor of the Five Dynasties, and one of the most admired of China's middle period, the Tang to Song. A warrior of Shatuo-Turk ancestry, he ascended the throne of the Later Tang on the heels of a mutiny against his adopted brother, thus sparing his dynasty an early death. Mingzong's brief reign came to be heralded by historians as the "Small Repose"--A happy convergence of peace and prosperity. He marshaled a cluster of eminently able courtiers, men who balanced Confucian charity against the military discipline demanded in a time of transition. These years were marked by trade with bordering states, frenzied diplomatic activity, and a succession of defections from states to the north. Mingzong wisely eschewed military conflict, except as a last resort. Conservative in moral and legal matters, he introduced radical economic reforms that included deregulation of traditional monopolies and timely changes to the tributary system. Drawing extensively on primary sources, including Mingzong's spirited correspondence with his officials, this political and cultural biography brings to life a charismatic emperor who was held up as a model ruler by succeeding generations.
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600	0	0	_aMingzong, _cEmperor of China, _d867-933.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell