Pepper Mountain: The Life, Death and Posthumous Career of Yang Jisheng

by Peter Sluglett

First published in 2007. The political history of late imperial/early modern China and the relationship between China's traditional political culture and the rapidly changing political environment of China today, are examined through this study of the iconic figure of Yang Jisheng. Born in 1516, Yang had a brief and traumatic career as a junior official in the middle Ming dynasty, before being executed in 1555 for criticising the politics of the imperial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0710312806
• ISBN13: 9780710312808
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"