Archery metaphor and ritual in early confucian texts
Auteur :
Camus, Rina Marie
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9781498597203
Date de publication :
28 sept. 2020
Dimensions :
22,8 x 16,2 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
386 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book explores the significance of archery as ritual practice and literary metaphor in classical Confucian texts. Archery passages in the Analects, Mencius, and Xunzi are discussed in the light of Zhou culture and the troubled historical circumstances of early followers of the ruist master Confucius.