Offerings of jade and silk. Ritual and symbol in the legitimation of the T'ang Dynasty

by Howard J. Wechsler

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First edition

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1985. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, 313, 1 ; full brown cloth, gilt title on spine; fine in fine pictorial dust jacket. After their conquest of the Chinese empire in A. D. 618, the early rulers of the great T'ang dynasty sought to legitimate their authority. This book, which investigates the way various state rituals and political symbols were employed to attain this goal, is the first to view ritual as an important

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