Etiquette and Rituals and the Evolution of Pre-qin Poetry (revised Edition)
by Han Gaonian
About This Novel
The pre-Qin period was the beginning of Chinese literature. Literature and other cultural events were integrated without being separated, and poetry and rituals interacted closely and intertextually. Based on previous research, this book starts from the perspective of ancient customs and rituals, and comprehensively uses research methods from related disciplines such as poetics, philology, archeology, cultural anthropology, etc., Breaking through the previous research pattern that focused on the Book of Songs, Songs of Chu, ballads, and lost poems. The author combines the process of Pre-Qin rituals from the separation of sacred and secular to communication and interaction, describes and analyzes the connotation, generation, form, dissemination, evolution and authorship of Pre-Qin poetry, and proposes new perspectives such as "song as ritual recitation theory", "epic as ritual narrative theory", "carnivalization of love songs" and "Nine Songs of Chu Song theory". It is a useful attempt to construct new categories and new theories for the study of Pre-Qin poetry.
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