03358nam 2200721Ia 450 991096387820332120200520144314.09780791480151079148015197814356166911435616693(CKB)1000000000481838(OCoLC)190791648(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575780(SSID)ssj0000275317(PQKBManifestationID)11954787(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275317(PQKBWorkID)10340688(PQKB)11132833(MdBmJHUP)muse6536(Au-PeEL)EBL3407354(CaPaEBR)ebr10575780(OCoLC)923404136(DE-B1597)682215(DE-B1597)9780791480151(MiAaPQ)EBC3407354(Perlego)2671526(EXLCZ)99100000000048183820060804d2007 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe writing of weddings in middle-period China text and ritual practice in the eighth through fourteenth centuries /Christian de Pee1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20071 online resource (xiv, 365 pages) illustrationsSUNY series in Chinese philosophy and cultureBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791470749 0791470741 9780791470732 0791470733 Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-355) and index.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."Approaching writing as a form of cultural practice and understanding text as an historical object, this book not only recovers elements of the ritual practice of Middle-Period weddings, but also reassesses the relationship between texts and the Middle-Period past. Its fourfold narrative of the writing of weddings and its spirited engagement with the texts - ritual manuals, engagement letters, nuptial songs, calendars and almanacs, and legal texts - offer a form and style for a cultural history that accommodates the particularities of the sources of the Chinese imperial past."--BOOK JACKETSUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.Marriage customs and ritesChinaWeddings in literatureChinaHistoryTang dynasty, 618-907ChinaHistorySong dynasty, 960-1279Marriage customs and ritesWeddings in literature.392.50951De Pee Christian1194425MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963878203321The writing of weddings in middle-period China4353209UNINA