Of Body and Brush: Grand Sacrifice as Text / Performance in Eighteenth-Century China - Angela Zito - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226987293 - February 3, 1997
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Of Body and Brush: Grand Sacrifice as Text / Performance in Eighteenth-Century China New 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.


326 pages, 12 halftones, 25 line drawings

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released February 3, 1997
ISBN13 9780226987293
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 332
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 10 mm   ·   510 g

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