Qingmiao ("Hallowed Temple") is a ritual eulogy in the Zhou Song (Sacrificial Odes of Zhou) section of the Shijing, the Book of Odes, sung in the ancestral temple of the Zhou royal house and dated among the oldest strata of the whole anthology, the eleventh to ninth centuries BCE. The hymn describes and enacts the sacrificial ceremony it accompanies, a self-referential form typical of the Zhou temple hymns, and its canonization within the Shijing made it part of the Confucian classical curriculum for two and a half thousand years.
Facts
Practice
Who Performs ItTrained or authorised specialists 1 FrequencyAs the occasion requires 1 Solitary or CommunalPerformed by a gathered group 1 Origins
Attributed Author / CompilerAnonymous, early Western Zhou court composition 1 Status
Canonical Status Use
What It Is Used For Form
Form of the Text Connections
Attested In
Source Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume 1Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom (eds)
Belongs to Tradition
Source Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume 1Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom (eds)
Originates in Language
A Zhou Song ancestral hymn from the Shijing, dated among the oldest strata of the anthology (eleventh to ninth centuries BCE).
Source Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume 1Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom (eds)
Related To
Sources
1. Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume 1
Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom (eds), Columbia University Press, 1999on the Zhou Song and QingmiaoView the Source Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy
P. J. Ivanhoe and Bryan W. Van Norden (eds), Hackett, 2005on the Shijing and its ritual hymnsView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.