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Empowered by ancestors : controversy over the Imperial Temple in Song China (960-1279) / Cheung Hiu Yu.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 216 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789888268535
  • 9888268538
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DS751 .E476 2021
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:Subject: Empowered by Ancestors: Controversy over the Imperial Temple in Song China (960-1279) examines the enduring tension between cultural authority and political power in imperial China by inquiring into Song ritual debates over the Imperial Temple. During these debates, Song-educated elites utilized various discourses to rectify temple rituals in their own ways. In this process, political interests were less emphasized and even detached from ritual discussions. Meanwhile, Song scholars of particular schools developed various ritual theories that were used to reshape society in later periods. Hence.
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Empowered by Ancestors: Controversy over the Imperial Temple in Song China (960-1279) examines the enduring tension between cultural authority and political power in imperial China by inquiring into Song ritual debates over the Imperial Temple. During these debates, Song-educated elites utilized various discourses to rectify temple rituals in their own ways. In this process, political interests were less emphasized and even detached from ritual discussions. Meanwhile, Song scholars of particular schools developed various ritual theories that were used to reshape society in later periods. Hence.

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