Of Body and Brush: Grand Sacrifice as Text/Performance in Eighteenth-Century China

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Illustrated
1997
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The Qianlong emperor, who dominated religious and political life in China, was ruled by elaborate ritual prescriptions, which determined his dress and behaviour, and how he performed the yearly Grand Sacrifices. This text analyzes how ritualizing power was shared by the throne and the literati.

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The Qianlong emperor, who dominated religious and political life in China, was ruled by elaborate ritual prescriptions, which determined his dress and behaviour, and how he performed the yearly Grand Sacrifices. This text analyzes how ritualizing power was shared by the throne and the literati.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 332
Edition: New
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 03 Feb 1997
ISBN 10: 0226987299
ISBN 13: 9780226987293