| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 332 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Contents -- Introduction: The Ritual Texture of Early China / Martin Kern -- 1. Toward an Archaeology of Writing: Text, Ritual, and the Culture of Public Display in the Classical Period (475 B.C.E. -- 220 C.E.) / Michael Nylan -- 2. The Composite Nature of Early Chinese Texts / William G. Boltz -- 3. The E Jun Qi Metal Tallies: Inscribed Texts and Ritual Contexts / Lothar von Falkenhausen -- 4. The Ritual Meaning of Textual Form: Evidence from Early Commentaries of the Historiographic and Ritual Traditions / Joachim Gentz |
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5. The Odes in Excavated Manuscripts / Martin Kern 6. Playing at Critique: Indirect Remonstrance and the Formation of Shi Identity / David Schaberg -- 7. Reimagining the Yellow Emperor's Four Faces / Mark Csikszenthmihalyi -- 8. Text and Ritual in Early Chinese Stelae / K.E. Brashier -- Works Cited -- Contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-312) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Chinese classics -- Criticism, Textual
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Religion in literature.
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Chinese classics
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Religion in literature
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Religious life and customs -- To 221 B.C
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| Subject |
China
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kern, Martin
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| ISBN |
9780295800318 |
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0295800313 |
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