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Book SynopsisTo explore the historical connections between Confucianism and Chinese society, this book examines the social and cultural processes through which Confucian texts on family rituals were written, circulated, interpreted, and used as guides to action. Weddings, funerals, and ancestral rites were central features of Chinese culture; they gave drama to
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*PREFACE, pg. ix*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xi*Chapter One. INTRODUCTION, pg. 3*Chapter Two. THE EARLY CONFUCIAN DISCOURSE ON FAMILY RITES, pg. 14*Chapter Three. REDESIGNING ANCESTRAL RITES FOR A NEW ELITE IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY, pg. 45*Chapter Four. COMBATING HETERODOXY AND VULGARITY IN WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS, pg. 68*Chapter Five. CHU HSI'S AUTHORSHIP OF THE FAMILY RITUALS, pg. 102*Chapter Six. THE ORTHODOXY OF CHU HSI'S FAMILY RITUALS, pg. 145*Chapter Seven. REVISED VERSIONS OF THE FAMILY RITUALS WRITTEN DURING THE MING DYNASTY, pg. 167*Chapter Eight. INTELLECTUALS' REEVALUATION OF THE FAMILY RITUALS IN THE CH'ING DYNASTY, pg. 188*Chapter Nine. CONFUCIAN TEXTS AND THE PERFORMANCE OF RITUALS, pg. 202*Chapter Ten. CONCLUSIONS, pg. 220*Appendix. A LIST OF REVISED VERSIONS OF THE FAMILY RITUALS, pg. 231*GLOSSARY, pg. 237*SOURCES CITED, pg. 241*INDEX, pg. 265
