Bøger af Constance A. Cook

The Revised Edition of A Source Book of Ancient Chinese Bronze Inscriptions offers English translations and commentary on over eighty-two important bronze inscriptions, ranging in date from approximately 1200 B.C.E. to 200 C.E. with critical corrections to the first edition. The translations and discussions are a collaborative effort of experts scholars, including Constance A. Cook, Wolfgang Behr, Robert Eno, Paul R. Goldin, Martin Kern, Maria Khayutina, David W. Pankenier, David Sena, Laura Skosey, and Yan Sun. For each inscription, authors offer a brief overview of the provenance and historical context of the bronze, followed by a transcription in modern Chinese graphs, an idiomatic translation, and a list of further reading. This Revised editon corrects errors in and updates the material in the original edition.

Ancestors, Kings, and the Dao outlines the evolution of musical performance in early China, first within and then ultimately away from the socio-religious context of ancestor worship. The focus of this study is on excavated texts; it is the first to use both bronze and bamboo narratives to show the evolution of a single ritual practice.