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1 online resource (417 pages) |
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880-01 Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Chronological Table; Conventions; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Chapter One: Introduction; 1.1. Subject Matter; 1.2. Terminology; 1.2.1. Western Terminology; 1.2.2. Chinese Terminology; 1.3. State of the Field in Taboo Studies; 1.4. Purpose and Scope of the Research; 1.5. Relevance; Chapter Two: Taboo and Name; 2.1. Taboo; 2.1.1. Concept; 2.1.2. History of the Term "Taboo"; 2.1.3. The Context of Taboo and Related Phenomena; 2.1.4. Limitations of the Term; 2.1.5. Taboo in China; 2.1.6. Kinds and Functions of Taboo |
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880-01/$1 4.2. Shang (ca. 1600-1025 BC)4.2.1. Sources; 4.2.2. Characteristics of Name Tabooing in the Shang Period; 4.3. Zhou (1025-221 BC); 4.3.1. Sources; 4.3.1.1. Shangshu 尚書; 4.3.1.2. Chunqiu 春秋; 4.3.1.3. Liji 禮 ; 4.3.1.4. Other Sources; 4.3.2. Characteristics of the Period; 4.3.2.1. Taboo as a System; 4.3.2.2. Methods for Tabooing; 4.3.2.3. Types and Rules of Tabooing; 4.4. Qin (221-207 BC); 4.4.1. Sources; 4.4.2. Problems with the Character zheng 政/正; 4.4.3. Characteristics of the Period; Chapter Five: Name Tabooing from the Han to Southern and Northern Dynasties; 5.1. Han (206 BC -- 220 AD) |
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2.1.7. Linguistic Taboo, bihui, and the Tabooing of Names2.2. Name; 2.2.1. Characteristics of Chinese Names; 2.2.2. The Perception of Names; 2.2.3. The Power of Names; 2.2.4. Protection of Names; 2.2.5. Naming; 2.2.6. Interpretation of Names; 2.2.7. Change of Names; 2.2.8. Power of the Script; Chapter Three: Basic Characteristics of Name Tabooing; 3.1. Tabooed Persons; 3.1.1. Emperors and Related Persons; 3.1.2. Sages, Legendary Persons, Gods and Ghosts; 3.1.3. Family; 3.1.4. Persons of Respect; 3.2. Taboo Names; 3.3. Taboo Characters and Sounds; 3.4. Ways of Tabooing |
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5.1.1. Sources |
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Birth customs -- China
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Names, Personal -- China -- History
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Taboo -- China
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions.
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Birth customs
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Manners and customs
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Names, Personal
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Taboo
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China -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024186
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China
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351565219 |
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1351565214 |
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