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The stele inscriptions of Chʻin Shih-huang : text and ritual in early Chinese imperial representation
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- Creator
- by Martin Kern
- Format
- Books
- Languages
- English, Chinese
- Publication
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- New Haven, Conn. : American Oriental Society, 2000
- Physical Details
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- viii, 221 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 0940490153, 9780940490154
- OCLC
- ocm45013288
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-214) and index
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Annotated translation. The inscription on Mt. I. The inscription on Mt. T'ai. The inscription on Mt. Lang-yeh. The inscription on Mt. Chih-fu. The inscription on the eastern vista of Mt. Chih-fu. The inscription at the gate of Chieh-shih. The inscription on Mt. K'uai-chi -- 3. The stele inscriptions in Ch'in Shih-huang's ritual system. 3.1. The notion of the stone inscription. 3.2. The bronze and chime-stone inscriptions of the pre-imperial Ch'in ancestral temple. 3.3. The tour of inspection and the sacrifices to cosmic spirits -- 4. A structural analysis of the inscriptions. 4.1. The ritual text as a textual series. 4.2. The sequential topical structure. 4.3. The phenomenon of self-reference. 4.4. The force of redundancy and restriction: manifestations of ritual language -- 5. Towards a historical interpretation of the inscriptions. 5.1. Between Ch'in history and Han historiography. 5.2. The continuity of traditional thought and ritual practice. 5.3. Scholarship and authority in the early empire