This thesis examines the emphasis Eastern Han (24 – 220 CE) men placed on mourning their mothers and peers within the context of ritual theory and practice. The ritual texts, used as the basis for an imperial ritual reform in 31 BCE, provided instructions on how to properly perform the mourning rites, as well as whom to mourn. Full mourning was to be worn for fathers and superiors, yet in the Eastern Han, many did not heed these prescriptions, choosing in addition to mourn their mothers, equals, or inferiors, thereby subverting the traditional patriarchal model. By examining theories of ritual current in the Han, the mourning prescriptions themselves, and introducing the concept of sincerity in ritual, I argue that the changes in mourning...
In a civilization where death was not perceived as a traumatic experience but as an ineluctable and ...
Seongho Lee Ik aimed at rituals that were appropriate for ancient rites and circumstance, centering ...
This study examines Daoist rituals to deal with the recurring concerns in the medieval Chinese relig...
Rituals are part and parcel in Chinese culture. The earliest written records of Chinese rituals are ...
Confucian rituals have constituted the foundation of religious practice in the traditional societies...
The theme of this paper is death and its ethnographic image. The presented data shows the results of...
This is the first in-depth study of Chinese bridal laments, a ritual and performative art practiced ...
By exploiting a vast trove of underutilized original sources, including thousands of epitaphs, archa...
The complex mortuary rituals practiced during the Han dynasty (206 b.c. to a.d. 220) in China are we...
This paper examines the notion of shen in the context of early Chinese ritual and religion in practi...
Bachelor thesis "Understanding Death in Han China" deals with, as the title says, death in China dur...
Filial piety (xiao) is considered a core value in Chinese (and especially Confucian) thought, but fe...
An exposition and analysis of Chinese ancestor worship and its correlations, especially filial piety...
Paying respect to ancestors is incorporated within the filial piety belief system and manifested in ...
The recent emergence of Ritual Studies as an interdisciplinary academic field has engendered a renew...
In a civilization where death was not perceived as a traumatic experience but as an ineluctable and ...
Seongho Lee Ik aimed at rituals that were appropriate for ancient rites and circumstance, centering ...
This study examines Daoist rituals to deal with the recurring concerns in the medieval Chinese relig...
Rituals are part and parcel in Chinese culture. The earliest written records of Chinese rituals are ...
Confucian rituals have constituted the foundation of religious practice in the traditional societies...
The theme of this paper is death and its ethnographic image. The presented data shows the results of...
This is the first in-depth study of Chinese bridal laments, a ritual and performative art practiced ...
By exploiting a vast trove of underutilized original sources, including thousands of epitaphs, archa...
The complex mortuary rituals practiced during the Han dynasty (206 b.c. to a.d. 220) in China are we...
This paper examines the notion of shen in the context of early Chinese ritual and religion in practi...
Bachelor thesis "Understanding Death in Han China" deals with, as the title says, death in China dur...
Filial piety (xiao) is considered a core value in Chinese (and especially Confucian) thought, but fe...
An exposition and analysis of Chinese ancestor worship and its correlations, especially filial piety...
Paying respect to ancestors is incorporated within the filial piety belief system and manifested in ...
The recent emergence of Ritual Studies as an interdisciplinary academic field has engendered a renew...
In a civilization where death was not perceived as a traumatic experience but as an ineluctable and ...
Seongho Lee Ik aimed at rituals that were appropriate for ancient rites and circumstance, centering ...
This study examines Daoist rituals to deal with the recurring concerns in the medieval Chinese relig...