The Ancestors' Instructions Must Not Change: Political Discourse and Practice in the Song Period

The Ancestors' Instructions Must Not Change: Political Discourse and Practice in the Song Period
ISBN-10
9004473270
ISBN-13
9789004473270
Category
History
Pages
688
Language
English
Published
2021-08-30
Publisher
BRILL
Author
Xiaonan Deng

Description

This book offers an account of how ‘ancestors’ instructions’ were used and abused in the Song period. It digs deeply into abundant resources to tease apart the complex and versatile relationship between the meaning and the truth of the Song discourse of ancestors’ instructions.

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