TY - GEN T1 - Ancestors, kings, and the Dao T2 - Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; A1 - Cook, Constance A. LA - English PP - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - Published by the Harvard University Asia Center YR - 2017 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1235700702 AB - ""Ancestors, Kings, and the Dao outlines the evolution of musical performance in early China, first within and then ultimately away from the socio-religious context of ancestor worship. Examining newly discovered bamboo texts from the Warring States period, Constance A. Cook compares the rhetoric of Western Zhou (1046-771 BCE) and Spring and Autumn (770-481 BCE) bronze inscriptions with later occurrences of similar terms in which ritual music began to b CN - BL467 SN - 9781684170913 SN - 1684170915 SN - 9780674976955 SN - 0674976959 KW - Ancestor worship : China : History : To 1500. KW - Eulogies : China : History : To 1500. KW - Laudatory poetry. KW - Taoism and the arts : China : History : To 1500. KW - China : History : Zhou dynasty, 1122-221 B.C. KW - China : History : Warring States, 403-221 B.C. KW - Poésie élogieuse. KW - Chine : Histoire : 1122-221 av. J.-C. (Dynastie des Zhou) KW - Chine : Histoire : 403-221 av. J.-C. (Royaumes combattants) KW - Ancestor worship KW - Eulogies KW - Laudatory poetry KW - Taoism and the arts KW - Zhou Dynasty (China) KW - China KW - To 1500 KW - History ER -