Forming the early Chinese court : rituals, spaces, roles /
Forming the Early Chinese Court builds on new directions in comparative studies of royal courts in the ancient world to present a pioneering study of early Chinese court culture. Rejecting divides between literary, political, and administrative texts, Luke Habberstad examines sources from the Qin, W...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press
[2018]
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvcwn7bq |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Forming the Early Chinese Court; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Chronology of Dynasties and Han Reign Periods; INTRODUCTION: Forming the Early Chinese Court; PART 1 RITUALS; 1. Sumptuary Regulations and the Rhetoric of Equivalency; 2. Who Gets to Praise the Emperor?; PART 2 SPACES; 3. Parks, Palaces, and Prestige; PART 3 ROLES; 4. Politics, Rank, and Duty in Institutional Change; 5. The Literary Invention of Bureaucracy; CONCLUSION; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index