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The Interweaving of Rituals

Funerals in the Cultural Exchange Between China and Europe [Paperback]

by Nicolas Standaert

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      Nicolas Standaert

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      University of Washington Press

    • Published

      March 2008

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      The death of the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci in China in 1610 was the occasion for demonstrations of European rituals appropriate for a Catholic priest and also of Chinese rituals appropriate to the country hosting the Jesuit community. Rather than burying Ricci immediately in a plain coffin near the church, according to their European practice, the Jesuits followed Chinese custom and kept Ricci's body for nearly a year in an air-tight Chinese-style coffin and asked the emperor for burial ground outside the city walls.Moreover, at Ricci's funeral itself, on their own initiative the Chinese performed their funerary rituals, thus starting a long and complex cultural dialogue in which they took the lead during the next century. "The Interweaving of Rituals" explores the role of ritual - specifically rites related to death and funerals - in cross-cultural exchange, demonstrating a gradual interweaving of Chinese and European ritual practices at all levels of interaction in seventeenth-century China.This includes the interplay of traditional and new rituals by a Christian community of commoners, the grafting of Christian funerals onto established Chinese practices, and the sponsorship of funeral processions for Jesuit officials by the emperor. Through careful observation of the details of funerary practice, Nicolas Standaert illustrates the mechanics of two-way cultural interaction.His thoughtful analysis of the ritual exchange between two very different cultural traditions is especially relevant in today's world of global ethnic and religious tension. His insights will be of interest to a broad range of scholars, from historians to anthropologists to theologians. Nicolas Standaert is professor of Sinology at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. He is the author of "Yang Tingyun, Confucian and Christian in Late Ming China: His Life and Thought" and editor of "Handbook of Christianity in China: Volume 1, 635-1800".

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      • Author

        Nicolas Standaert

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        University of Washington Press

      • Published

        March 2008

      • Weight

        441g

      • Page Count

        336

      • Dimensions

        152 x 226 x 21 mm

      • ISBN

        9780295988238

      • ISBN-10

        0295988231

      • Eden Code

        3950756

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      • Author/Creator: Nicolas Standaert

      • ISBN: 9780295988238

      • Publisher: University of Washington Press

      • Release Date: March 2008

      • Weight: 441g

      • Dimensions: 152 x 226 x 21 mm

      • Eden Code: 3950756


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