State and court ritual in China
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State and court ritual in China
(University of Cambridge Oriental publications, 54)
Cambridge University Press, 1999
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityグローバル専攻
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Includes index
Papers presented at Conference, State and Court Ritual in China, held at St. John's College, Cambridge, on April 6-8, 1993
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction Joseph P. McDermott
- 2. Ancient Chinese ritual as seen in the material record Jessica Rawson
- 3. The feng and shan sacrifices of Emperor Wu of the Han Mark Edward Lewis
- 4. The imperial way of death in Han China Michael Loewe
- 5. The emperor as bodhisattva: the bodhisattva ordination and ritual assemblies of Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty Andreas Janousch
- 6. The death rites of Tan Daizong David L. McMullen
- 7. The ceremony of gratitude Oliver Moore
- 8. The imperial household cults Robert L. Chard
- 9. The emperor in the village: representing the state in south China David Faure
- 10. Emperor, elites, and commoners: the community pact ritual of the Late Ming Joseph P. McDermott
- 11. Manchu Shamanic ceremonies at the Qing court Nicola Di Cosmo
- 12. On theatre and theory: reflections on ritual in imperial Chinese politics James Laidlaw.
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