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DESCRIPTION:Based on the author's recently published book\, Laws of the Lan
 d: Fengshui and the State in Qing Dynasty China (Princeton\, 2023)\, this 
 talk explores fengshui’s invocations in Chinese law during the Qing dyna
 sty. Facing a growing population\, dwindling natural resources\, and an ov
 erburdened rural government\, judicial administrators across China grapple
 d with disputes and petitions about fengshui in their efforts to sustain f
 orestry\, farming\, mining\, and city planning. Laws of the Land offers a 
 radically new interpretation of these legal arrangements: they worked. An 
 intelligent\, considered\, and sustained engagement with fengshui on the g
 round helped the imperial state keep the peace and maintain its legitimacy
 \, especially during the increasingly turbulent decades of the nineteenth 
 century. As the century came to an end\, contentious debates over industri
 alization swept across the bureaucracy\, with fengshui invoked by official
 s and scholars opposed to the establishment of railways\, telegraphs\, and
  foreign-owned mines. Demonstrating that the only way to understand those 
 debates and their profound stakes is to grasp fengshui’s longstanding ro
 les in Chinese public life\, Laws of the Land rethinks key issues in the h
 istory of Chinese law\, politics\, science\, religion\, and economics.\n\n
 This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP here.\n\nAbout the 
 speaker:\n\nTristan Brown is a historian of early modern China at MIT. His
  research interests include the history of science\, law\, and religion\, 
 as well as environmental and economic history. His current project examine
 s the social and cultural history of Muslim communities along the Grand Ca
 nal during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
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LOCATION:Lathrop Library\, 224
SUMMARY:Fengshui and Law in China's History
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 history
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