Creating Confucian Authority : The Field of Ritual Learning in Early China to 9 CE.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chard, Robert L.

Series:

Sinica Leidensia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Civilization--221 B.C.-960 A.D.

China.

Confucianism--Rituals--History--To 1500.

Confucianism.

Rites and ceremonies--China--History--To 1500.

Rites and ceremonies.

Confucianism and state--China--History--To 1500.

Confucianism and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 pages)

Other Title:

Creating Confucian Authority

Place of Publication:

Boston : BRILL, 2021.

Summary:

"Ritual Learning was the engine that drove the cultural dominance of Confucianism. In early China, Confucian officials derive political influence from the sub-discipline of ritual. Imperial regimes establish legitimacy through their state religion, headed by cults to ancestors and to deities of Heaven and Earth. Ritual Learning allows Confucian-educated officials to assert control over these cults, and reshape dynastic legitimacy according to their own design, claimed to derive from the sage kings of antiquity. Confucianism is not just a philosophical and intellectual tradition. Through its ritual tradition, it has cultural and political power, like that of a religion, allowing it to perpetuate itself successfully over time, even in contemporary China"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The golden age of ritual : the world of the Zuo zhuan, and the analects (Lun yu) on Confucius

The ritual culture of the Ru : ritual learning in the Warring States and early Han

The "victory" of ritual learning : Western Han

Conclusion and final arguments.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

90-04-46531-6

OCLC:

1252737177