Kern, Martin. <br/><br/>
Text and Ritual in Early China. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (362 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: The Ritual Texture of Early China / Martin Kern -- 1. Toward an Archaeology of Writing: Text, Ritual, and the Culture of Public Display in the Classical Period (475 B.C.E. - 220 C.E.) / Michael Nylan -- 2. The Composite Nature of Early Chinese Texts / William G. Boltz -- 3. The E Jun Qi Metal Tallies: Inscribed Texts and Ritual Contexts / Lothar von Falkenhausen -- 4. The Ritual Meaning of Textual Form: Evidence from Early Commentaries of the Historiographic and Ritual Traditions / Joachim Gentz -- 5. The "Odes" in Excavated Manuscripts / Martin Kern -- 6. Playing at Critique: Indirect Remonstrance and the Formation of "Shi" Identity / David Schaberg -- 7. Reimagining the Yellow Emperor's Four Faces / Mark Csikszenthmihalyi -- 8. Text and Ritual in Early Chinese Stelae / K. E. Brashier -- Works Cited -- Contributors -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780295800318 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Chinese classics - Criticism, Textual.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PL2461.Z6 -- T49 2007eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>895.1/09382