The Beef Taboo in China – Agriculture, Ethics, Sacrifice
Agriculture, Ethics, Sacrifice
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Product details:
- Publisher MP–HAW University of Hawai′i
- Date of Publication 12 September 2025
- ISBN 9798880700226
- Binding Paperback
- See also 9780824898472
- No. of pages384 pages
- Size 229x152x15 mm
- Weight 666 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 3 b&w illustrations 700
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Short description:
Explains how and why, around the turn of the second millennium, the Chinese determined that cattle should not be slaughtered or eaten
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The Beef Taboo in China explains how and why, around the turn of the second millennium, the Chinese determined that cattle should not be slaughtered or eaten. This taboo remained prevalent until the beginning of the twentieth century and is still observed by some today. Goossaert situates this prohibition within evolving Chinese attitudes toward animals and meat and juxtaposes the taboo with vegetarianism and other forms of meat ethics. He argues that the emergence of this specific practice must be understood in several contexts, notably a new agricultural economy and ecology in early modern times that protected plow cattle and marginalized pastures; a sacrificial reform that eliminated beef as the standard offering to gods and spirits; and the development of Daoist rituals, cults, and moral theology that tabooed beef and made this observance a linchpin of Chinese civilization.
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