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Xizhou shi
- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- Copyright 2008 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 1673-7318
- eISSN
- 1673-7423
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11702-008-0013-2
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Xiang li 乡里 (township civil service) is the basic political and social unit of the Zhou dynasty. Village people were the nobles who occupied certain positions in political and cultural affairs. Village music was employed in social gatherings of local communities. The rites and the music reflect the attempt of the nobles in the Zhou dynasty to make their secular lives refined, poetic and artistic. Drinking rite and shooting rites were regular local activities rich in artistic implications and both showed the characteristics of early drama. Poems and music were at the core of such friendly and harmonious gatherings of local communities. These activities and the notion that “poetry can harmonize people” have exerted profound and far-reaching influences upon the mind of the Chinese people as well as Chinese literature.
Journal
Frontiers of Literary Studies in China – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2008
Keywords: village people; village music; drinking rites; shooting rites; poetry can harmonize people