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Archery Metaphor and Ritual in Early Confucian Texts (Hardcover)
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Archery Metaphor and Ritual in Early Confucian Texts (Hardcover)
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Archery Metaphor and Ritual in Early Confucian Texts explores the
significance of archery as ritual practice and image source in
classical Confucian texts. Archery was one of the six traditional
arts of China, the foremost military skill, a tool for education,
and above all, an important custom of the rulers and aristocrats of
the early dynasties. Rina Marie Camus analyzes passages inspired by
archery in the texts of the Analects, Mencius, and Xunzi in
relation to the shifting social and historical conditions of the
late Zhou dynasty, the troubled times of early followers of the
ruist master Confucius. Camus posits that archery imagery is
recurrent and touches on fundamental themes of literature; ritual
archers in the Analects, sharp shooters in Mencius, and the
fashioning of exquisite bows and arrows in Xunzi represent the
gentleman, pursuit of ren, and self-cultivation. Furthermore, Camus
argues that not only is archery an important Confucian metaphor, it
also proves the cognitive value of literary metaphors-more than
linguistic ornamentation, metaphoric utterances have features and
resonances that disclose their speakers' saliencies of thought.
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