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Archery Metaphor and Ritual in Early Confucian Texts Archery Metaphor and Ritual in Early Confucian Texts R. M. Camus LEXINGTON BOOKS Lanham • Boulder • New York • London Published by Lexington Books An imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowman.com 6 Tinworth Street, London SE11 5AL, United Kingdom Copyright © 2020 The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Camus, Rina Marie, 1974- author. Title: Archery metaphor and ritual in early Confucian texts / Rina Marie Camus. Description: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “This book explores the significance of archery as ritual practice and literary metaphor in classical Confucian texts. Archery passages in the Analects, Mencius, and Xunzi are discussed in the light of Zhou culture and the troubled historical circumstances of early followers of the ruist master Confucius”—Provided by publisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2020033348 (print) | LCCN 2020033349 (ebook) | ISBN 9781498597203 (cloth) | ISBN 9781498597210 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Si shu. | Archery in literature. | Archery—China—History—To 1500. | Philosophy, Confucian. Classification: LCC PL2463.Z9 A733 2020 (print) | LCC PL2463.Z9 (ebook) | DDC 181/.112—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020033348 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. To my family, especially my parents, Nando & Lousell: with gratitude for 99%, and so much more. Contents Abbreviations and Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1 Bow-Wielding Aristocrats of Early Zhou 11 2 Ritual Archers in the Analects 27 3 Sharp Shooters in Mencius 49 4 Fine Bows and Distant Targets in Xunzi 69 Concluding Remarks 89 Bibliography 99 Index 105 About the Author 109 vii Abbreviations and Illustrations ABBREVIATIONS An The Analects of Confucius CHAC Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 B.C., edited by Michael Loewe and Edward L. Shaughnessy (Cam- bridge University Press, 1999). ECT Early Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide, edited by Michael Loewe (Society for the Study of Early China: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1993). M The Book of Mencius REC RoutledgeCurzon Encyclopedia of Confucianism, edited by Yao, Xinzhong (RoutledgeCurzon, 2003). ILLUSTRATIONS Figures 1.1–1.6. Zhou arrowhead samples Figures 2.1–2.2. Archery ritual setting Figure 3.1. Traditional Chinese bows Figure 3.2. Qin dynasty crossbow Figure 3.3. Qing dynasty archer wielding traditional bow Figures 4.1–4.3. Hunting scenes on Han dynasty tomb slabs ix
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