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Page 58
... cere- monies were so complicated and governed by such a fixed ritual that they could only be conducted properly by one who had studied them for years . They were more like an elaborate Masonic ceremony than anything else of the present ...
... cere- monies were so complicated and governed by such a fixed ritual that they could only be conducted properly by one who had studied them for years . They were more like an elaborate Masonic ceremony than anything else of the present ...
Page 99
... cere- monials , medicine , astrology and agriculture . Each ducal court had its library and that at Lu was one of the best but it was a small affair compared to the treasure - house of learning in Loyang . There were architectural ...
... cere- monials , medicine , astrology and agriculture . Each ducal court had its library and that at Lu was one of the best but it was a small affair compared to the treasure - house of learning in Loyang . There were architectural ...
Page 160
... cere- mony fraught with such dangerous possibilities , human sacrifices steadily decreased in number , and a few centuries later died out entirely though the sacrifice of horses continued for some time . Duke Ting was so impressed by ...
... cere- mony fraught with such dangerous possibilities , human sacrifices steadily decreased in number , and a few centuries later died out entirely though the sacrifice of horses continued for some time . Duke Ting was so impressed by ...
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