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Text and Ritual in Early China (Paperback)
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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 artifacts, 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 and
thematic issues explored in succeeding chapters, Text and Ritual in
Early China is anchored by essays on early Chinese cultural history
and ritual display (Michael Nylan) and the nature of its textuality
(William G. Boltz). This twofold approach sets the stage for
studies of the E Jun Qi metal tallies (Lothar von Falkenhausen),
the Gongyang commentary to The Spring and Autumn Annals (Joachim
Gentz), the early history of The Book of Odes (Martin Kern), moral
remonstration in historiography (David Schaberg), the "Liming"
manuscript text unearthed at Mawangdui (Mark Csikszentmihalyi), and
Eastern Han commemorative stele inscriptions (K. E. Brashier). The
scholarly originality of these essays rests firmly on their
authors' control over ancient sources, newly excavated materials,
and modern scholarship across all major Sinological languages. The
extensive bibliography is in itself a valuable and reliable
reference resource. This important work will be required reading
for scholars of Chinese history, language, literature, philosophy,
religion, art history, and archaeology.
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