State and court ritual in China
By: edited by Joseph P. McDermott.
Contributors: McDermott, Joseph Peter.
Series: University of Cambridge oriental publications -- 54; University of Cambridge oriental publications -- no. 54.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
Subjects: Rites and ceremonies -- China -- Congresses; China -- Social life and customs -- Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ancient Chinese ritual as seen in the material record -- Jessica Rawson; title: Feng and shan sacrifices of Emperor Wu of the Han -- Mark Edward Lewis; title: Imperial way of death in Han China -- Michael Loewe; title: Emperor as bodhisattva -- Andreas Janousch; title: Death rites of Tang Daizong -- David L. McMullen; title: Ceremony of gratitude -- Oliver Moore; title: Imperial household cults -- Robert L. Chard; title: Emperor in the village -- David Faure; title: Emperor, élites, and commoners -- Joseph P. McDermott; title: Manchu shamanic ceremonies at the Qing court -- Nicola Di Cosmo; title: On theatre and theory-- James Laidlaw