Defining Chu : : Image and Reality in Ancient China /

Defining Chu : : Image and Reality in Ancient China / / ed. by John S. Major, Constance A. Cook.

Scholars agree that the "southern" culture of China, roughly identifiable with the state of Chu during the period between 700 and 200 B.C.E., is of great importance in the subsequent development of Chinese culture. Early Han artists and writers from the first century B.C.E. were encouraged...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
MitwirkendeR:
Blakeley, Barry B.,
Cook, Constance A.,
Ling, Li,
Major, John S.,
Peters, Heather A.,
Shaohua, Xu,
So, Jenny F.,
Sukhu, Gopal,
Weld, Susan,
HerausgeberIn:
Cook, Constance A.,
Major, John S.,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2004]
©2004
Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.) :; color & b/w illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface: What Does "Defining Chu" Mean?
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Perspectives in Defining Chu Culture
  • 1. The Geography of Chu
  • 2. Chu Culture: An Archaeological Overview
  • 3. Chu Art: Link between the Old and New
  • Part II: State and Society
  • 4. Chu Society and State: Image versus Reality
  • 5. The Ideology of the Chu Ruling Class: Ritual Rhetoric and Bronze Inscriptions
  • 6. Chu Law in Action: Legal Documents from Tomb 2 at Baoshan
  • 7. Towns and Trade: Cultural Diversity and Chu Daily Life
  • Part III: The Spirit of Chu
  • 8. Characteristics of Late Chu Religion
  • 9. Monkeys, Shamans, Emperors, and Poets: The Chuci and Images of Chu during the Han Dynasty
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Translation of the Chu Silk Manuscript
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index

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