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Art, myth, and ritual : the path to political authority in ancient China
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Art, myth, and ritual : the path to political authority in ancient China

Author: Kwang-chih Chang
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1983.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"It provides a fundamental perspective for viewing the nature and structure of ancient Chinese civilization as having a strong political orientation."-Introduction.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Chang, Kwang-chih.
Art, myth, and ritual.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1983
(OCoLC)558209748
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Kwang-chih Chang
ISBN: 0674048075 9780674048072 0674048083 9780674048089
OCLC Number: 9283243
Description: x, 142 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Clans, towns, and the political landscape --
Moral authority and coercive power --
Shamanism and politics --
Art as a path to authority --
Writing as the path to authority --
Access to the path --
The rise of political authority --
The kings of the three dynasties.
Responsibility: K.C. Chang.

Abstract:

"It provides a fundamental perspective for viewing the nature and structure of ancient Chinese civilization as having a strong political orientation."-Introduction.

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