State and court ritual in China / edited by Joseph P. McDermott

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 446 pp.; 24 cm. Contents; Ancient Chinese ritual as seen in the material record / Jessica Rawson -- The feng and shan sacrifices of Emperor Wu of the Han / Mark Edward Lewis -- The imperial way of death in Han China / Michael Loewe -- The emperor as bodhisattva : the bodhisattva ordination and ritual assemblies of Emperor Wu of the Liang dynasty / Andreas Janousch -- The death rites of Tang Daizong / David L. McMullen -- The ceremony of gratitude / Oliver Moore -- The imperial household cults / Robert L. Chard -- The emperor in the village : representing the state in South China / David Faure -- Emperor, �lites, and commoners : the community pact ritual of the late Ming / Joseph P. McDermott -- Manchu shamanic ceremonies at the Qing court / Nicola Di Cosmo -- On theatre and theory : reflections on ritual in imperial Chinese politics / James Laidlaw. Subjects; Rites and ceremonies China ; Congresses. Manners and customs.