Pine Flat

by Kathy Halbreich and Linda Norden

In The Dysfunction of Ritual in Early Confucianism Michael Ing describes how early Confucians coped with situations where their rituals failed to achieve their intended aims. In contrast to most contemporary interpreters of Confucianism, Ing demonstrates that early Confucian texts can be read as arguments for ambiguity in ritual failure. If, as discussed in one text, Confucius builds a tomb for his parents unlike the tombs of antiquity, and rains...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8881586037
• ISBN13: 9788881586035
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Charta
• Length: 147 Pages
• Weight: 2.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.6" x 11.7"