- Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 365 p.) : ill.
- Series Statement
- SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
- Uniform Title
- Writing of weddings in middle-period China (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Writing of weddings in middle-period China (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-355) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction: The practice of the text -- Ritual manuals : exegetical hermeneutics and the re-embodiment of antiquity -- Wedding correspondence and nuptial songs : writing as cultural capital and text as ritual object -- Calendars, almanacs, miracle tales, and medical texts : cosmic cycles and the liminal affairs of man -- Legal codes, verdicts, and contracts : universal order and local practice -- Conclusion: Texts and tombs, ritual and history.
- LCCN
- 2006025531
- OCLC
- ssj0000275317
- Author
De Pee, Christian.
- Title
The writing of weddings in middle-period China [electronic resource] : text and ritual practice in the eighth through fourteenth centuries / Christian de Pee.
- Imprint
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.
- Series
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-355) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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