Patterns of Disengagement: The Practice and Portrayal of Reclusion in Early Medieval China

by Alan Berkowitz

While the customary path to achievement in traditional China was through service to the state, from the earliest times certain individuals had been acclaimed for repudiating an official career. This book traces the formulation and portrayal of the practice of reclusion in China from the earliest times through the sixth century, by which time reclusion had taken on its enduring character.

Those men who decided to withhold their service to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804736030
• ISBN13: 9780804736039
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"