Of Body and Brush: Grand Sacrifice as Text / Performance in Eighteenth-Century China - Angela Zito - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226987286 - February 28, 1998
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Of Body and Brush: Grand Sacrifice as Text / Performance in Eighteenth-Century China 1st edition


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The Qianlong emperor, who dominated religious and political life in China, was ruled by elaborate ritual prescriptions, which determined his dress and behaviour, and how he performed the yearly Grand Sacrifices. This text analyzes how ritualizing power was shared by the throne and the literati.


332 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released February 28, 1998
ISBN13 9780226987286
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 332
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   595 g
Language English  

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