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The adaptation of ancestral ritual to serve the royal imaginary -- How does heaven come to speak?: the contesting discourse and the revival of Confucian death rituals -- Ordering society through Confucian rituals -- Offering for saving of the souls -- Social imaginaries and poli…
"In traditional China, a funeral and the accompanying death rituals represented a critical moment for the immediate family of the deceased to show their filial piety, a core value of the society. At the same time, death rituals were social occasions, and channels for the outward…
This study examines how political and legal disputes regarding the performance of death rituals contributed to shape a revival of Confucianism in eleventh-century Northern Song China.