State And Court Ritual In China
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State and Court Ritual in China
Author | : Joseph P. McDermott |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 474 |
Release | : 1999-09-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521621571 |
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This broad-ranging examination of Chinese court and state ritual from 1000 BC to AD 1750 represents the first modern comprehensive account of the subject in any language. The essays demonstrate how and why ritual has played such a fundamental and often controversial role in the practice of Chinese politics. By tracing the political and social development of particular rituals, such as imperial funerals and popular religious practices or Buddhist ordination ceremonies and court audiences, the authors set out to convey their historical significance. Further discussion of the role of ritual in relation to language, and elite and popular concepts of emperorhood is included in the volume. The book will be of interest to students of Chinese history, anthropology and religion, as well as those seeking to understand the legacy of that history in modern China.
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