Scott Pearce_Nurses, Nurslings, and New Shapes of Power in the Mid-Wei Court

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1、nursesandnurslingsscottpearceNurses,Nurslings,andNewShapesofPowerintheMid-WeiCourtDenisTwitchetttaughtmemanythingsintheyearsduringwhichIstudiedunderhisdirection.Perhapsthemostimportantwasthehistorian’schargetolookbeyondtheelaboratestructuresofdepictionandjustification

2、thatallhumans,ancientandmodern,concoctintheirthinkingandwriting,andtoseekinsteadtherealitythatliesbehindthefacade.Weshareasaspeciescertainverybasicwantsandneedsthatdriveindividualsastheymovethroughtheparticularculturalar-rangementsoftheworldinwhichtheydwell.Andtheseth

3、ingstoomustbeseenanddescribed.Thispaperlooksatsomethingverybasicinhumansociety—theneedoftheinfantandchildforaprotecting,nurturing,motheringfig-ure,andthecomplexunfoldingrelationshipsthiscanplantwithin—andimposeupon—aheart,ahome,andifthathomeisthepalaceatthecenterofamo

4、narchicalstate,anentirerealm.Withinanursling,evenwhenhehasgrownintoaman,orlordofmen,isayin-liketen-dencytoreachouttohisformernurturer.Andinthenurseisasortofyang,awilltoshapeandgovernthenursling,anobjectofbothcareandcontrol.Hereweseetwobasichumanwants:thedesiretobenur-

5、turedandprotected;andtheitchforpower,fortheabilitytoestablishapreferredorderintheworld.Thesebasicactionsbothofreachingoutandcontrollingareseeninaparticularlyunusualandtroublingcon-textduringtheearlyNorthernWei(386–534)—namely,thepracticeofforcingsuicideonthemotherofth

6、eselectedheirtothethrone.Oneresponsetothis,inthemid-fifthcentury,waselevationbyemperorsoftheirwetnursestotheexaltedstatusthattheirmotherswouldhaveoccupiedhadtheynotbeenimpelledtodie.287scottpearceWithintheseparticularsliesadistinctvariantoflargerhistoricalissuesofpowe

7、randgenderthatarecurrentlyofinteresttoscholarsworkingindifferentfields.1InterestingworkonthisissuewithregardstoNorthernWeihasalreadybeendonebyLiPing李憑,TianYuqing田余慶,andSongQirui宋其蕤,andinEnglish,byJenniferHolmgren.2Drawinguponthissecondarywork,whileapplyingcarefulandde

8、tailedreexaminationtoprimarysources,Iseektobroadentheframeworkwithinwhichweaddresstheseissues,whileprovidingadetailedac-coun