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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451913103321

Autore

De Pee Christian

Titolo

The writing of weddings in middle-period China [[electronic resource] ] : text and ritual practice in the eighth through fourteenth centuries / / Christian de Pee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2007

ISBN

0-7914-8015-1

1-4356-1669-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (381 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

Disciplina

392.50951

Soggetti

Marriage customs and rites - China

Weddings in literature

Electronic books.

China History Tang dynasty, 618-907

China History Song dynasty, 960-1279

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-355) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.