Women Who Know Ritual
Too often Confucian women’s voices and experiences are neglected as insignificant. This paper provides a wide and diverse set of examples of traditional Chinese and Korean women who knew and practiced Confucian ritual. Though representing only a small percentage of traditional women, these examples...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Journal of Chinese philosophy
Year: 2022, Volume: 49, Issue: 2, Pages: 113-124 |
| Further subjects: | B
Women
B Ritual B knowing ritual (zhili知禮) B Confucianism B sagehood |
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| Summary: | Too often Confucian women’s voices and experiences are neglected as insignificant. This paper provides a wide and diverse set of examples of traditional Chinese and Korean women who knew and practiced Confucian ritual. Though representing only a small percentage of traditional women, these examples provide clear evidence and compelling arguments that support the following three conclusions. First, that the Confucian tradition did not deny women’s ability to know and perform rituals; second, that Confucian women read, learned, evaluated, decided, and contributed to re/create the conception and practice of ritual; and third, that this led at least some women and the men around them to recognize and admire not only their moral agency but also their ability to become sages. |
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| ISSN: | 1540-6253 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Chinese philosophy
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15406253-12340053 |