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Ancestral memory in early China /
Ancestral ritual in early China was an orchestrated dance between what was present (the offerings and the living) and what was absent (the ancestors). The interconnections among the tangible elements of the sacrifice were overt and almost mechanical, but extending those connections to the invisible...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés Chino |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute,
2011.
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| Series: | Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ;
72. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- The Han tree of knowledge
- An imaginary yardstick for ritual performance
- A history of remembering and forgetting imperial ancestors
- A spectrum of interpretations on afterlife existence
- The context of early Chinese performative thinking
- The symbolic language of fading memories.