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Text and ritual in early China / edited by Martin Kern. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2005. - 1 online resource (xxvii, 332 pages :) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-312) and index.

""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 "" ""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 ""

ISBN: 9780295800318 (electronic bk.) 0295800313 (electronic bk.) (hardback ; alk. paper)

Source: 22573/ctvctdwjg JSTOR

LCCN: 2021694513

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Religion in literature.
Chinese classics--Criticism, Textual.
Religion dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Asian--General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies
Chinese classics.
Religion in literature.

Subjects--Index Terms: "Multi-User"

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: PL2461.Z6 / T49 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 895.1/09382