{"product_id":"chu-hsis-family-rituals-9780691605289","title":"Chu Hsis Family Rituals","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompiled by the great Neo-Confucian philosopher Chu Hsi (1130-1200), the Family Rituals is a manual for the private performance of the standard Chinese family rituals: initiations, weddings, funerals, and sacrifices to ancestral spirits. This translation makes the work, which is the most important text of its kind in the last thousand years of Chin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. vii*TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE, pg. ix*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xi*INTRODUCTION, pg. xiii*PREFACE, pg. 1*CHAPTER ONE: General Principles of Ritual, pg. 5*CHAPTER TWO: The Capping Ceremony, pg. 35*CHAPTER THREE: Weddings, pg. 48*CHAPTER FOUR: Funerals, pg. 65*CHAPTER FIVE: Sacrificial Rites, pg. 153*APPENDIX A: Editions of Chu Hsi's, pg. 179*APPENDIX B: Chinese Text of Chu Hsi's, pg. 183*GLOSSARY, pg. 213*SOURCES CITED, pg. 221*INDEX, pg. 229","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403944075607,"sku":"9780691605289","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691605289.jpg?v=1730484959","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chu-hsis-family-rituals-9780691605289","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}