Motif
ancestral temple performance as ritual communication
ancestral_temple_performance_as_ritual_communication
A motif of the Ancestor Rites and Feeding the Dead family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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confucian
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The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part I - The Shu King, the Religious Portions of the Shih King, the Hsiao King (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 3) KHANG. / INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO THE OFFICERS OF HUSBANDRY. / FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS TO THE OFFICERS OF HUSBANDRY. / AN ODE OF THANKSGIVING FOR A PLENTIFUL YEAR.; lines 13421-13513 confidence: medium
Critics say the piece was made when the duke of Aran completed music instruments for the ancestral temple and announced it at a grand performance in the temple of king Wan; it is said to be hardly a sacrificial ode.
The music ode depicts blind musicians performing in an ancestral temple so that ancestors give ear, while visitors witness the complete performance.
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