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Ancestors, Kings, and the Dao (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)
| Full title: | Ancestors, Kings, and the Dao (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series) |
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| ISBN: | 9780674976955 |
| ISBN 10: | 0674976959 |
| Authors: | Cook, Constance A. |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Asia Center |
| Num. pages: | 348 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Language: | en |
| Published on: | 2017 |
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Synopsis
Traces The Rise Of Poetry From Eulogies In Bce Excavated Texts And Outlines The Evolution Of Musical Performance Within And Away From The Context Of Ancestor Worship. Compares The Rhetoric Of Bronze Inscriptions With Later Uses Of Similar Terms In Newly Discovered Bamboo Texts From The Warring States Period--