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Libraly Journal ›› 2021, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (9): 130-136.

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Zhou Lianggong and Nanjing Culture in the Early Qing: Taking#br# Chen Kaiyu’s Compilation of Jiangning Fuzhi as An Example#br#

Jiang Ouyue (City University of Hong Kong)   

  • Online:2021-09-15 Published:2021-09-27
  • About author:Jiang Ouyue (City University of Hong Kong)

Abstract: Zhou Lianggong had a close relationship with Nanjing literati from the late Ming Dynasties.He became a renegade official after entering the Qing Dynasty. In the early reign of Emperor Kangxi,he already had extraordinary political achievements and social status. In the cultural reconstruction in the early Qing, Zhou Lianggong used his personal relationship to make Zhang Yi and Gao Cen join the governmental project to compile Jiangning Fuzhi. The latter two had good reputations as adherents of the former dynasty, and promoted the publication of this gazetter. From the case of Jiangning Fuzhi, we can see that the renegade official Zhou Lianggong connected the new regime with the local literati who entered the Qing Dynasty from the Ming Dynasty. He moderated the tense cultural atmosphere in Nanjing and made it possible for adherents to cooperate with the new government. Together, the adherents of the former dynasty and new government built the city culture of Nanjing in the early Qing. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, in front of the change of dynasties, the renegade officials, such as Zhou Lianggong, took the role to ease the contradictions and became an important part in the formation of new governance.