The Ancient China Studies of Marcel Granet: An Examination of Festivals and Songs of Ancient China

Xiaofei MA

Abstract


As both a sinologist and a sociologist, Marcel Granet tended to combine the sociological methods with textual analysis, which is best illustrated in his monograph Festivals and Songs of Ancient China. Although his methodology is imperfect, it challenged some traditional interpretation and provided inspiring perspectives for the study of ancient Chinese religions.

 


Keywords


Marcel Granet; Festivals and Songs of Ancient China; Shi Jing

Full Text:

PDF

References


Granet, M. (1932). Festivals and songs of ancient China (E. D. Edwards, Trans.). London: George Routledge & Sons, LTD..

Granet, M. (2005). Festivals and songs of ancient China [古代中国的节庆与歌谣] (B. X. Zhao, B. X. Zjhao, & H. M. Zhao, Trans.). Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press.

Granet, M. (Trans.), & Litt, E. D. (Ed.) (1932). Festivals and songs of ancient China. London: George Routledge & Sons, LTD..

Li, A. C. (1938). Book reviews of festivals and songs of ancient China. The Journal of American Folklore, 51(202) (Oct. - Dec., 1938), 449-451.

Vogt, W. P. (Feb., 1976). The uses of studying primitives: A note on the Durkheimians, 1890-1940. History and Theory, 15(1) (Feb., 1976), 33-44.

Yang, K. (2003). The introduction of Granet’s studies [葛兰言研究导论]. In M. M. Wang (Ed.), West and non-west. Beijing: Huaxia Press.

Zhao, B. X. (2008, Sep.). Difficult to appreciate a river when having seen an ocean: Re-reading the The Introduction of Granet’s Studies by Yang Kun [曾经沧海难为水 — 重读杨堃《葛兰言研究导论》].” Journal of China Agricultural University (Social Science edition), 25(3), 171-177.




DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/12043

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Copyright (c) 2022 Xiaofei Ma

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Share us to:   

 

Please send your manuscripts to hess@cscanada.net，or  hess@cscanada.org  for consideration. We look forward to receiving your work.


 


 Articles published in Higher Education of Social Science are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY).

HIGHER EDUCATION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE Editorial Office

Address: 1055 Rue Lucien-L'Allier, Unit #772, Montreal, QC H3G 3C4, Canada.
Telephone: 1-514-558 6138 
Website: Http://www.cscanada.net Http://www.cscanada.org 
E-mail: caooc@hotmail.com; office@cscanada.net

Copyright © 2010 Canadian Research & Development Center of Sciences and Cultures