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Marriage Practices (媵 Ying) and Dowry Objects (媵器 Yingqi) in Zhou Dynasty Marriage Relations --Gender, Status, and Role in Bronze Inscriptions (Part Two)

  • Author:

    Chao-jung Chen

  • Page Number:

    77.2:193-278

  • Date:

    2006/06

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Abstract

This article, through a thorough examination of bronze inscriptions, investigates the marriage practices and dowry objects in the Western and Eastern Zhou, including marriages with brides of different clans (異姓媵) and of the same clan (同姓媵); in latter case sometimes the relationship between brides is sisters or aunt and niece (姪娣媵). By taking into consideration the records in the transmitted texts, this article further re-examines the cultural connotation of the dowry objects and marriage practices and contributes to the research on the pre-Qin marriages.
This study also provides a new methodology regarding the definition and attribution of the so-called “dowry objects” in bronze inscription research: by narrow definition, “dowry objects” generally refer to bronzes bearing the character “ying 媵” in their inscriptions. For the bronzes lacking this character, I propose that whether they are dowry objects can be determined by two ways: a) the giver’s and the recipient’s state and clan names, and b) the site from which they come and the objects yielded from the same archaeological unit, which constitute the broader definition of “dowry objects” and facilitate the subsequent investigation of marriage practices.

Keywords

bronze inscription, dowry objects, women, marriage, pre-Qin history

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Chao-jung Chen, “Marriage Practices (媵 Ying) and Dowry Objects (媵器 Yingqi) in Zhou Dynasty Marriage Relations --Gender, Status, and Role in Bronze Inscriptions (Part Two),” Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica 77.2 (2006): 193-278.

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Chen, Chao-jung
2006 “Marriage Practices (媵 Ying) and Dowry Objects (媵器 Yingqi) in Zhou Dynasty Marriage Relations --Gender, Status, and Role in Bronze Inscriptions (Part Two).” Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica 77.2: 193-278.
Chen, Chao-jung. (2006). Marriage Practices (媵 Ying) and Dowry Objects (媵器 Yingqi) in Zhou Dynasty Marriage Relations --Gender, Status, and Role in Bronze Inscriptions (Part Two). Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, 77(2), 193-278.
Chen, Chao-jung. “Marriage Practices (媵 Ying) and Dowry Objects (媵器 Yingqi) in Zhou Dynasty Marriage Relations --Gender, Status, and Role in Bronze Inscriptions (Part Two).” Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica 77, no. 2 (2006): 193-278.
Chen, Chao-jung. “Marriage Practices (媵 Ying) and Dowry Objects (媵器 Yingqi) in Zhou Dynasty Marriage Relations --Gender, Status, and Role in Bronze Inscriptions (Part Two).” Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, vol. 77, no. 2, 2006, pp. 193-278.
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