The Ancestors' Instructions Must Not Change: Political Discourse and Practice in the Song Period

By Deng Xiaonan and Peking UniversityTranslated by Wee Kek Koon

This book offers an account of how 'ancestors' instructions' were used and abused in the Song period. It digs deeply into abundant resources to tease apart the complex and versatile relationship between the meaning and the truth of the Song discourse of ancestors' instructions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004472622
• ISBN13: 9789004472624
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 2.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"