How Long to Read Ancestors, Kings, and the Dao

How Long Does it Take to Read Ancestors, Kings, and the Dao?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read Ancestors, Kings, and the Dao by Constance A. Cook

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

"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. Examining newly discovered bamboo texts from the Warring States period, Constance A. Cook compares the rhetoric of Western Zhou (1046–771 BCE) and Spring and Autumn (770–481 BCE) bronze inscriptions with later occurrences of similar terms in which ritual music began to be used as a form of self-cultivation and education. Cook’s analysis links the creation of such classics as the Book of Odes with the ascendance of the individual practitioner, further connecting the social actors in three types of ritual: boys coming of age, heirs promoted into ancestral government positions, and the philosophical stages of transcendence experienced in self-cultivation.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. By viewing the ancient inscribed materials and the transmitted classics from this new perspective, Cook uncovers new linkages in terms of how the materials were shaped and reshaped over time and illuminates the development of eulogy and song in changing ritual contexts."

How long is Ancestors, Kings, and the Dao?

Ancestors, Kings, and the Dao by Constance A. Cook is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.

This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Ancestors, Kings, and the Dao Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read Ancestors, Kings, and the Dao aloud.

What Reading Level is Ancestors, Kings, and the Dao?

Ancestors, Kings, and the Dao is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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