LEADER 03184nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910808088803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7914-8015-1 010 $a1-4356-1669-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000481838 035 $a(OCoLC)190791648 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575780 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000275317 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11954787 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275317 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10340688 035 $a(PQKB)11132833 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407354 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6536 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407354 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10575780 035 $a(OCoLC)923404136 035 $a(DE-B1597)682215 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791480151 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000481838 100 $a20060804d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe writing of weddings in middle-period China $etext and ritual practice in the eighth through fourteenth centuries /$fChristian de Pee 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 365 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aSUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-7914-7073-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 317-355) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $a"Approaching writing as a form of cultural practice and understanding text as an historical object, this book not only recovers elements of the ritual practice of Middle-Period weddings, but also reassesses the relationship between texts and the Middle-Period past. Its fourfold narrative of the writing of weddings and its spirited engagement with the texts - ritual manuals, engagement letters, nuptial songs, calendars and almanacs, and legal texts - offer a form and style for a cultural history that accommodates the particularities of the sources of the Chinese imperial past."--BOOK JACKET 410 0$aSUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture. 606 $aMarriage customs and rites$zChina 606 $aWeddings in literature 607 $aChina$xHistory$yTang dynasty, 618-907 607 $aChina$xHistory$ySong dynasty, 960-1279 615 0$aMarriage customs and rites 615 0$aWeddings in literature. 676 $a392.50951 700 $aDe Pee$b Christian$01194425 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808088803321 996 $aThe writing of weddings in middle-period China$94118474 997 $aUNINA