Book contents
- Economic Thought in Modern China
- Economic Thought in Modern China
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 The Political and Intellectual Framework
- 2 Efficient Markets, Jiangnan’s Luxury, and Productive Consumption (1500–1800)
- 3 Scarcity Revisited: Population Growth, Frugality, and Self-Strengthening (1800–1911)
- 4 Nation Building, Strategic Markets, and Frugal Modernity in the Early Decades of the Republic of China (1912–1930s)
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Efficient Markets, Jiangnan’s Luxury, and Productive Consumption (1500–1800)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 April 2020
- Economic Thought in Modern China
- Economic Thought in Modern China
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 The Political and Intellectual Framework
- 2 Efficient Markets, Jiangnan’s Luxury, and Productive Consumption (1500–1800)
- 3 Scarcity Revisited: Population Growth, Frugality, and Self-Strengthening (1800–1911)
- 4 Nation Building, Strategic Markets, and Frugal Modernity in the Early Decades of the Republic of China (1912–1930s)
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 2 focuses on the expansion of pro-market trends and how it came to influence Qing policies. It also discusses the economic developments that inspired the rise of pro-luxury consumption ideas from the late Ming period to the early nineteenth century. In this context it examines the writings of a variety of scholars and intellectuals including Lu Ji (1515–52) and Tang Zhen (1630–1704), the two most prominent pro-luxury advocates.This chapters also illustrate the elasticity of the Confucian discourse on the economy and its ability to adapt to actual changes in the economy of the empire, challenging the notion that Confucian ideology led to intellectual immobility.
Keywords
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Economic Thought in Modern ChinaMarket and Consumption, c.1500–1937, pp. 51 - 108Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020