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A Reader’s Companion to the Confucian AnalectsAncestor Veneration

A Reader’s Companion to the Confucian Analects: Ancestor Veneration [Archaeological work in China reveals funerary and burial practices honoring the dead that go back to the early Neolithic period. When ancestor veneration began is not known, but it was well established by the time of the Shang Dynasty (traditional dates 1766–1052 BCE)–i.e., a millennium before the time of Confucius.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Reader’s Companion to the Confucian AnalectsAncestor Veneration

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Palgrave Macmillan US
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2013
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978-1-349-45414-3
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44 –47
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10.1057/9781137303394_11
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[Archaeological work in China reveals funerary and burial practices honoring the dead that go back to the early Neolithic period. When ancestor veneration began is not known, but it was well established by the time of the Shang Dynasty (traditional dates 1766–1052 BCE)–i.e., a millennium before the time of Confucius.]

Published: Nov 5, 2015

Keywords: Archaeological Work; Burial Practice; Shang Dynasty; Ancestral Spirit; Spiritual Exercise

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