| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Religion in Chinese Societies ; 6 |
|
Religion in Chinese societies ; 6.
|
| Contents |
Part one. Introduction -- part two. Lisheng as cultural mediators -- part three. Lineage, ritual, and corporate estates -- part four. A strange community compact? -- part five. The worship of gods |
| Summary |
In 'Confucian rituals and chinese villagers', Yonghua Liu presents a detailed study of how a southeastern Chinese community experienced and responded to the process whereby Confucian rituals - previously thought unfit for practice by commoners - were adopted in the Chinese countryside and became an integral part of village culture, from the mid fourteenth to mid twentieth centuries. The book examines the important but understudied ritual specialists, masters of rites (lisheng), and their ritual handbooks while showing their crucial role in the ritual life of Chinese villagers. This discussion of lisheng and their rituals deepens our understanding of the ritual aspect of popular Confucianism and sheds new light on social and cultural transformations in late imperial China.0 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
|
Print version record |
| Subject |
Confucianism -- China, Southeast -- History
|
|
Confucianism -- China, Southeast -- Rituals -- History and criticism
|
|
Religion and sociology -- China, Southeast
|
|
Neo-Confucianism -- Social aspects -- China, Southeast
|
|
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
|
|
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
|
|
Confucianism
|
|
Confucianism -- Rituals
|
|
Manners and customs
|
|
Religion and sociology
|
| SUBJECT |
China, Southeast -- Religious life and customs
|
|
China, Southeast -- Social life and customs
|
| Subject |
Southeast China
|
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
|
|
History
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9789004257252 |
|
900425725X |
|
1299847625 |
|
9781299847620 |
|
