1st Edition
The Shaping of the Book of Songs From Ritualization to Secularization
By Chen Zhi
Copyright 2007
380 Pages
by
Routledge
380 Pages
by
Routledge
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The present work is a study on the formation of the Shih-ching . The author poses the hypothesis that this collection of poems, as the standard music and literature passed down to later generations, initially incorporated different cultural heritages through a process which moved from ritualization to secularization, as well as standardization to localization.
In aiming to find the origins of... Read more
Chapter I
The State of the Field and the Methodological Concern
Chapter II
Yung 庸, Sung 頌 and Sunng 誦: Sacrificial Musical Works Performed in the Shang House
Chapter III
The Standardization of the Ya Music
Chapter IV
A Paleographic Analysis of Nan and Its Significance for Interpreting the Meaning of the "Nan" Section of the Book of Songs
Chapter V
The Localization of the Conception of Ya: The Revival of Shang Musical Elegance
Chapter VI
Towards a Conclusion
Bibliography
Biography
Chen Zhi
