Text and Ritual in Early China

Name: Text and Ritual in Early China
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ISBN: 9780295985626

ISBN-10: 0295985623

ISBN-13: 9780295985626

Edition: 2005

Authors: Martin Kern

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In Text and Ritual in Early China, leading scholars of ancient Chinese history, literature, religion, and archaeology consider the presence and use of texts in religious and political ritual. Through balanced attention to both the received literary tradition and the wide range of recently excavated artefacts, manuscripts, and inscriptions, their combined efforts reveal the rich and multilayered interplay of textual composition and ritual performance. Drawn across disciplinary boundaries, the resulting picture illuminates two of the defining features of early Chinese culture and advances new insights into their sumptuous complexity.Beginning with a substantial introduction to the conceptual…

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Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 362
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Introduction: The Ritual Texture of Early China




Toward an Archaeology of Writing: Text, Ritual, and the Culture of Public Display in the Classical Period (475 B.C.E.-220 C.E.)




The Composite Nature of Early Chinese Texts




The E Jun Qi Metal Tallies: Inscribed Texts and Ritual Contexts




The Ritual Meaning of Textual Form: Evidence from Early Commentaries of the Historiographic and Ritual Traditions




The Odes in Excavated Manuscripts




Playing at Critique: Indirect Remonstrance and the Formation of Shi Identity




Reimagining the Yellow Emperor's Four Faces




Text and Ritual in Early Chinese Stelae



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