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Short description: The culmination of the life-long study and research on China of a leading British sinologist, The Hall of Light covers traditional Chinese monarchy religion, worship, ritual, sacrifices, customs, and all aspects of early Chinese culture.

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Author:   William Edward Soothill ,  G. F. Hudson ,  Dorothea Hosie ,  G. F. Hudson
Publisher:   James Clarke & Co Ltd
Imprint:   James Clarke & Co Ltd
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.388kg
ISBN:  

9780227171233

ISBN 10:   0227171233
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   29 May 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Editors' Preface; List of Illustrations; Foreword: G F Hudson MA; Introduction: by Professor W E Soothill MA FRGS ect; Virtue and Passivity; The Ancient Records; The Book if Rites; The Yueh Ling: Part I: The Month's Observances; The Yueh Ling: Part II: The Ritual of Spring; The Yueh Ling: Part III: Summer Mid-Season Autumn Winter; The Calendar; The Hall of Light: Its Origins; The Significance of its Names; Site and Structure; In the Chou and Later Dynasties; The Skyward Tower; The Jade-Ring Moat; The Early Sacrifices; Worship in the Chou Period; The Nature of the Sacrifices; Shang Ti Heaven and Earth; The Son of Heaven; The Dragon; Robes and Regalia; The Performance of the Ritual; The Principle of the Ritual; The Roman Regia and Other Parallels; Appendix; The Hsia Calendar; The Song of the Sky Pacer or the Sky Poem of Steps in Astronomy; The References to Ti and Shang Ti in the Five Canons and Four Books; Ancient Music and Instruments; Chinese Texts; The Hsia Calendar; The Song of the Sky Pacer; Author's Bibliography; Index.

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Reverend William Edward Soothill became Professor of Chinese at Oxford University. He was missionary of United Methodist Church at Wenchow and President of Imperial University of Shansi Province. He is also the author of: A Mission in China (1907), The Analects of Confucius (1910), China and West (1925) and China and England (1928) .

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