Exploring the Evolution of Confucianism and Taoism in the Late Ming Dynasty from the Perspective of Sexual Culture

Taking the Ming and Qing Novels Involving the Descriptions of Male Love as an Example

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10.2991/assehr.k.211120.094How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Confucianism; Taoism; the ideological trend of evolution; male love; the Ming and Qing novels; sexual culture

Abstract

In the mid and late Ming dynasty, the bud of capitalism appeared, with the rapid development of the commodity economy, which triggered the ideological trend of evolution of the whole society. It cannot be ignored is that the “male love” peaked at this time and the relevant novels are the rage. Almost the whole nation was overwhelmed by this trend, which contains the transition of Confucianism represented by scholars and the secularization tendency of Taoism. Therefore, this research will from the perspective of the special sexual culture to explore the ideological trend of evolution of the Confucian and Taoist in the mid and late Ming, by involving the descriptions of male love of popular novels in the Ming and Qing dynasties as the carrier. This study comfirmed that the change promoted the ethos social trends in the mid and late Ming dynasty, for the majority of scholars to provide a historical profile.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xie Lu
AU  - Bei Zhang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/29
TI  - Exploring the Evolution of Confucianism and Taoism in the Late Ming Dynasty from the Perspective of Sexual Culture
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 3rd International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 493
EP  - 499
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211120.094
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211120.094
ID  - Lu2021
ER  -