{"product_id":"pepper-mountain-kenneth-j-hammond-9780415541893","title":"Pepper Mountain: The Life, Death and Posthumous Career of Yang Jisheng","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst 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 state. After his death, Yang was held up as a martyr to Confucian political morality. Over the ensuing 450 years, a variety of constituencies within China have appropriated and deployed Yang's memory in different ways to promote their own political agendas. In recent years, as China has sought to come to grips with the ideological decline of socialism and the need for a new foundation for public morality, there has been a revival of interest in figures like Yang Jisheng. A series of events including the rebuilding of his ancestral shrine, the rededication of a school he founded, and the republication of his writings, show how his legacy is once again being taken up by actors on the contemporary political scene. This is an important study of the power of political myth in China, past and present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth J. Hammond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415541891\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415541893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Kenneth J. Hammond","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119686742271,"sku":"9780415541893","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd7a2fc0-766f-4fb7-8a44-3df16db00261.jpg?v=1687410440","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pepper-mountain-kenneth-j-hammond-9780415541893","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}