# Publications Download 63 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=standard_pager&number_of_items=50&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=standard_pager&number_of_items=50&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=standard_pager&number_of_items=50&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=standard_pager&number_of_items=50&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=standard_pager&number_of_items=50&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=standard_pager&number_of_items=50&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=standard_pager&number_of_items=50&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=ris) ### 2023 [“Power and Legitimacy in the People’s Republic of China”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cpower-and-legitimacy-people%E2%80%99s-republic-china%E2%80%9D). In: Power, Legitimacy, and World Order: Changing Contours of Preconditions and Perspectives. Edited by Sanjay Pulipaka, Krishnan Srinivasan, James Mayall. New York: Routledge; 2023. pp. 99–108. [“Power and Legitimacy in the People’s Republic of China”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cpower-and-legitimacy-people%E2%80%99s-republic-china%E2%80%9D). In: Power, Legitimacy, and World Order: Changing Contours of Preconditions and Perspectives. Edited by Sanjay Pulipaka, Krishnan Srinivasan, James Mayall. New York: Routledge; 2023. pp. 99–108. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_prc\_legitimacy.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett_prc_legitimacy.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_prc\_legitimacy.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett_prc_legitimacy.pdf) [“The Work of Appropriation, Domestication, and Substitution: Theories of Sacrifice in the Liji” ](/publications/%E2%80%9C-work-appropriation-domestication-and-substitution-theories-sacrifice-liji%E2%80%9D). In: All about the Rites: From Canonised Ritual to Ritualised Society. Edited by Anne Cheng and Stéphane Feuillas. (Paris: Collège de France, 2023. Paris: Collège de France; 2023. pp. 35–54. [“The Work of Appropriation, Domestication, and Substitution: Theories of Sacrifice in the Liji” ](/publications/%E2%80%9C-work-appropriation-domestication-and-substitution-theories-sacrifice-liji%E2%80%9D). In: All about the Rites: From Canonised Ritual to Ritualised Society. Edited by Anne Cheng and Stéphane Feuillas. (Paris: Collège de France, 2023. Paris: Collège de France; 2023. pp. 35–54. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_sacrifice.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_sacrifice.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_sacrifice.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_sacrifice.pdf) ### 2022 [“Humanizing the Divine and Divinizing the Human in Early China: Comparative Reflections on Ritual, Sacrifice, and Sovereignty” ](/publications/%E2%80%9Chumanizing-divine-and-divinizing-human-early-china-comparative-reflections). In: Sacred Kingship in World History: Between Immanence and Transcendence. Edited by A. Azfar Moin and Alan Strathern. New York: Columbia University Press; 2022. pp. 137–161. [“Humanizing the Divine and Divinizing the Human in Early China: Comparative Reflections on Ritual, Sacrifice, and Sovereignty” ](/publications/%E2%80%9Chumanizing-divine-and-divinizing-human-early-china-comparative-reflections). In: Sacred Kingship in World History: Between Immanence and Transcendence. Edited by A. Azfar Moin and Alan Strathern. New York: Columbia University Press; 2022. pp. 137–161. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_humanizing\_the\_divi...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_humanizing_the_divine.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_humanizing\_the\_divi...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_humanizing_the_divine.pdf) [“Political Theologies of Justice: Meritocratic Values from a Global Perspective”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cpolitical-theologies-justice-meritocratic-values-global-perspective%E2%80%9D). In: Making Meritocracy: Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present. Edited by Tarun Khanna and Michael Szonyi. . Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2022. pp. 19–40. [“Political Theologies of Justice: Meritocratic Values from a Global Perspective”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cpolitical-theologies-justice-meritocratic-values-global-perspective%E2%80%9D). In: Making Meritocracy: Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present. Edited by Tarun Khanna and Michael Szonyi. . Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2022. pp. 19–40. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_political\_theologie...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_political_theologies_of_justice.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_political\_theologie...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_political_theologies_of_justice.pdf) ### 2021 Puett M. [“Impagination, Reading, and Interpretation in Early Chinese Texts.”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cimpagination-reading-and-interpretation-early-chinese-texts%E2%80%9D). In: Impagination - Layout and Materiality of Writing and Publication. Edited by Ku-ming (Kevin) Chang, Anthony Grafton, and Glenn Warren Most. Berlin: De Gruyter; 2021. pp. 93–110. Puett M. [“Impagination, Reading, and Interpretation in Early Chinese Texts.”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cimpagination-reading-and-interpretation-early-chinese-texts%E2%80%9D). In: Impagination - Layout and Materiality of Writing and Publication. Edited by Ku-ming (Kevin) Chang, Anthony Grafton, and Glenn Warren Most. Berlin: De Gruyter; 2021. pp. 93–110. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_impagination.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_impagination.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_impagination.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_impagination.pdf) Puett M. [“Formations of Knowledge in Chinese Late Antiquity”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cformations-knowledge-chinese-late-antiquity%E2%80%9D). In: Wissensoikonomien: Ordnung und Transgression vormoderner Kulturen. Edited by Nora Schmidt, Nikolas Pissis, and Gyburg Uhlmann. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz; 2021. pp. 123–133. Puett M. [“Formations of Knowledge in Chinese Late Antiquity”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cformations-knowledge-chinese-late-antiquity%E2%80%9D). In: Wissensoikonomien: Ordnung und Transgression vormoderner Kulturen. Edited by Nora Schmidt, Nikolas Pissis, and Gyburg Uhlmann. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz; 2021. pp. 123–133. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_formations\_of\_knowl...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_formations_of_knowledge_in_chinese_late_antiquity.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_formations\_of\_knowl...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_formations_of_knowledge_in_chinese_late_antiquity.pdf) [“Creating Worlds: Imagination, Interpretation, and the Subjunctive”](/publications/%E2%80%9Ccreating-worlds-imagination-interpretation-and-subjunctive%E2%80%9D). In: Living with Concepts: Anthropology in the Grip of Reality. Edited by Andrew Brandel and Marco Motta. New York: Fordham University Press; 2021. pp. 181–196. [“Creating Worlds: Imagination, Interpretation, and the Subjunctive”](/publications/%E2%80%9Ccreating-worlds-imagination-interpretation-and-subjunctive%E2%80%9D). In: Living with Concepts: Anthropology in the Grip of Reality. Edited by Andrew Brandel and Marco Motta. New York: Fordham University Press; 2021. pp. 181–196. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_creating\_worlds.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_creating_worlds.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_creating\_worlds.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_creating_worlds.pdf) ### 2020 Puett M. [“Wittgenstein on Frazer.”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cwittgenstein-frazer%E2%80%9D). In: The Mythology in Our Language: Remarks on Frazer’s Golden Bough by Ludwig Wittgenstein. Edited by Giovanni da Col and Stephan Palmié. Chicago: Hau Books; 2020. pp. 135–151. Puett M. [“Wittgenstein on Frazer.”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cwittgenstein-frazer%E2%80%9D). In: The Mythology in Our Language: Remarks on Frazer’s Golden Bough by Ludwig Wittgenstein. Edited by Giovanni da Col and Stephan Palmié. Chicago: Hau Books; 2020. pp. 135–151. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_wittgenstein.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_wittgenstein.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_wittgenstein.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_wittgenstein.pdf) Puett M. [“Ritual as Theory, Theory as Ritual.”](/publications/%E2%80%9Critual-theory-theory-ritual%E2%80%9D). HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 2020;10(3):1106–1108. Puett M. [“Ritual as Theory, Theory as Ritual.”](/publications/%E2%80%9Critual-theory-theory-ritual%E2%80%9D). HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 2020;10(3):1106–1108. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_ritual\_as\_theory.pd...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_ritual_as_theory.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_ritual\_as\_theory.pd...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_ritual_as_theory.pdf) ### 2019 Puett M. [“Life, Domesticated and Undomesticated: Ghosts, Sacrifice, and the Efficacy of Ritual Practice in Early China.” ](/publications/%E2%80%9Clife-domesticated-and-undomesticated-ghosts-sacrifice-and-efficacy-ritual). HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 2019;9(2):439–460. Puett M. [“Life, Domesticated and Undomesticated: Ghosts, Sacrifice, and the Efficacy of Ritual Practice in Early China.” ](/publications/%E2%80%9Clife-domesticated-and-undomesticated-ghosts-sacrifice-and-efficacy-ritual). HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 2019;9(2):439–460. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_life\_domesticated\_a...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_life_domesticated_and_undomesticated.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_life\_domesticated\_a...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_life_domesticated_and_undomesticated.pdf) ### 2018 Puett M. [“Genealogies of Gods, Ghosts and Humans: The Capriciousness of the Divine in Early Greece and Early China.”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cgenealogies-gods-ghosts-and-humans-capriciousness-divine-early-greece-and-early). In: Lloyd GER, Zhao JJ, editors. Ancient Greece and China Compared. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2018. pp. 160–185. Puett M. [“Genealogies of Gods, Ghosts and Humans: The Capriciousness of the Divine in Early Greece and Early China.”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cgenealogies-gods-ghosts-and-humans-capriciousness-divine-early-greece-and-early). In: Lloyd GER, Zhao JJ, editors. Ancient Greece and China Compared. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2018. pp. 160–185. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_genealogies\_of\_gods...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_genealogies_of_gods_ghosts_and_humans.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_genealogies\_of\_gods...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_genealogies_of_gods_ghosts_and_humans.pdf) Puett M. [“Who is Confucius in Today’s China?”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cwho-confucius-today%E2%80%99s-china%E2%80%9D). In: Rudolph J; Szonyi, editor. The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power. Cambridge: Harvard University Press; 2018. pp. 231–236. Puett M. [“Who is Confucius in Today’s China?”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cwho-confucius-today%E2%80%99s-china%E2%80%9D). In: Rudolph J; Szonyi, editor. The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power. Cambridge: Harvard University Press; 2018. pp. 231–236. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_who\_is\_confucius.pd...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_who_is_confucius.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_who\_is\_confucius.pd...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_who_is_confucius.pdf) Puett M. [“Foreword.”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cforeword%E2%80%9D). In: Tsai C. C.; Bruya, editor. Confucius, The Analects: An Illustrated Edition. Princeton: Princeton University Press; 2018. p. ix-x. Puett M. [“Foreword.”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cforeword%E2%80%9D). In: Tsai C. C.; Bruya, editor. Confucius, The Analects: An Illustrated Edition. Princeton: Princeton University Press; 2018. p. ix-x. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_foreword\_tsai\_anale...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_foreword_tsai_analects.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_foreword\_tsai\_anale...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_foreword_tsai_analects.pdf) ### 2017 Puett M. [“Early China in Eurasian History”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cearly-china-eurasian-history%E2%80%9D). In: Szonyi M, editor. A Companion to Chinese History. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell; 2017. pp. 89–105. Puett M. [“Early China in Eurasian History”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cearly-china-eurasian-history%E2%80%9D). In: Szonyi M, editor. A Companion to Chinese History. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell; 2017. pp. 89–105. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_early\_china\_in\_eura...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_early_china_in_eurasian_history.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_early\_china\_in\_eura...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_early_china_in_eurasian_history.pdf) Puett M. [“Text and Commentary: The Early Tradition”](/publications/%E2%80%9Ctext-and-commentary-early-tradition%E2%80%9D). In: Denecke W, Li W- yee, Tian X, editors. The Oxford Handbook of Classical Chinese Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2017. pp. 112–122. Puett M. [“Text and Commentary: The Early Tradition”](/publications/%E2%80%9Ctext-and-commentary-early-tradition%E2%80%9D). In: Denecke W, Li W- yee, Tian X, editors. The Oxford Handbook of Classical Chinese Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2017. pp. 112–122. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_text\_and\_commentary...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_text_and_commentary.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_text\_and\_commentary...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_text_and_commentary.pdf) ### 2016 Puett M. [Foreword: “In Praise of Play”](/publications/foreword-%E2%80%9C-praise-play%E2%80%9D). In: Hamayon R, editor. Why We Play: An Anthropological Study. Chicago: HAU Books; 2016. p. xv-xix. Puett M. [Foreword: “In Praise of Play”](/publications/foreword-%E2%80%9C-praise-play%E2%80%9D). In: Hamayon R, editor. Why We Play: An Anthropological Study. Chicago: HAU Books; 2016. p. xv-xix. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_in\_praise\_of\_play.p...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_in_praise_of_play.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_in\_praise\_of\_play.p...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_in_praise_of_play.pdf) Puett M. [“Manifesting Sagely Knowledge: Commentarial Practice in Chinese Late Antiquity”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cmanifesting-sagely-knowledge-commentarial-practice-chinese-late-antiquity%E2%80%9D). In: Varsano P, editor. The Rhetoric of Hiddenness in Traditional Chinese Culture. Albany: State University of New York Press; 2016. pp. 303–331. Puett M. [“Manifesting Sagely Knowledge: Commentarial Practice in Chinese Late Antiquity”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cmanifesting-sagely-knowledge-commentarial-practice-chinese-late-antiquity%E2%80%9D). In: Varsano P, editor. The Rhetoric of Hiddenness in Traditional Chinese Culture. Albany: State University of New York Press; 2016. pp. 303–331. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_manifesting\_sagely\_...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_manifesting_sagely_knowledge.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_manifesting\_sagely\_...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_manifesting_sagely_knowledge.pdf) Puett M, Davis K. [“Periodization and ‘The Medieval Globe’: A Conversation.”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cperiodization-and-%E2%80%98-medieval-globe%E2%80%99-conversation%E2%80%9D). The Medieval Globe. 2016; 2(1):1–14. Puett M, Davis K. [“Periodization and ‘The Medieval Globe’: A Conversation.”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cperiodization-and-%E2%80%98-medieval-globe%E2%80%99-conversation%E2%80%9D). The Medieval Globe. 2016; 2(1):1–14. - [ picture\_as\_pdfdavis\_puett\_medieval\_glob...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/davis_puett_medieval_globe.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfdavis\_puett\_medieval\_glob...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/davis_puett_medieval_globe.pdf) ### 2015 Puett M. [“Ritual and Ritual Obligations: Perspectives on Normativity from Classical China”](/publications/%E2%80%9Critual-and-ritual-obligations-perspectives-normativity-classical-china%E2%80%9D). The Journal of Value Inquiry. 2015;49(4). Puett M. [“Ritual and Ritual Obligations: Perspectives on Normativity from Classical China”](/publications/%E2%80%9Critual-and-ritual-obligations-perspectives-normativity-classical-china%E2%80%9D). The Journal of Value Inquiry. 2015;49(4). - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_ritual\_and\_ritual\_o...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_ritual_and_ritual_obligations.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_ritual\_and\_ritual\_o...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_ritual_and_ritual_obligations.pdf) Puett M. [“Ghosts, Gods, and the Coming Apocalypse: Empire and Religion in Early China and Ancient Rome”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cghosts-gods-and-coming-apocalypse-empire-and-religion-early-china-and-ancient). In: Scheidel W, editor. State Power in Ancient China and Rome. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2015. pp. 230–259. Puett M. [“Ghosts, Gods, and the Coming Apocalypse: Empire and Religion in Early China and Ancient Rome”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cghosts-gods-and-coming-apocalypse-empire-and-religion-early-china-and-ancient). In: Scheidel W, editor. State Power in Ancient China and Rome. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2015. pp. 230–259. Puett M. [“Constructions of Reality: Metaphysics in the Ritual Traditions of Classical China”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cconstructions-reality-metaphysics-ritual-traditions-classical-china%E2%80%9D). In: Li C, Perkins F, editors. Chinese Metaphysics and its Problems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2015. pp. 120–129. Puett M. [“Constructions of Reality: Metaphysics in the Ritual Traditions of Classical China”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cconstructions-reality-metaphysics-ritual-traditions-classical-china%E2%80%9D). In: Li C, Perkins F, editors. Chinese Metaphysics and its Problems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2015. pp. 120–129. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_constructions\_of\_re...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_constructions_of_reality.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_constructions\_of\_re...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_constructions_of_reality.pdf) ### 2014 Puett M. ["Ritual Disjunctions: Ghosts, Anthropology, and Philosophy"](/publications/ritual-disjunctions-ghosts-anthropology-and-philosophy). In: Das V, Jackson M, Kleinman A, Singh B, editors. The Ground Between: Anthropologists Engage Philosophy. Durham: Duke University Press; 2014. pp. 218–233. Puett M. ["Ritual Disjunctions: Ghosts, Anthropology, and Philosophy"](/publications/ritual-disjunctions-ghosts-anthropology-and-philosophy). In: Das V, Jackson M, Kleinman A, Singh B, editors. The Ground Between: Anthropologists Engage Philosophy. Durham: Duke University Press; 2014. pp. 218–233. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_ritual\_disjunctions...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_ritual_disjunctions_4.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_ritual\_disjunctions...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_ritual_disjunctions_4.pdf) Puett M. ["Sages, Creation, and the End of History in the Huainanzi"](/publications/%E2%80%9Csages-creation-and-end-history-huainanzi%E2%80%9D). In: Queen S, Puett M, editors. The Huainanzi and Textual Production in Early China. Leiden: Brill; 2014. pp. 269–290. Puett M. ["Sages, Creation, and the End of History in the Huainanzi"](/publications/%E2%80%9Csages-creation-and-end-history-huainanzi%E2%80%9D). In: Queen S, Puett M, editors. The Huainanzi and Textual Production in Early China. Leiden: Brill; 2014. pp. 269–290. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_sages\_in\_the\_huaina...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_sages_in_the_huainanzi_2.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_sages\_in\_the\_huaina...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_sages_in_the_huainanzi_2.pdf) Puett M. ["Classical Chinese Historical Thought"](/publications/%E2%80%9Cclassical-chinese-historical-thought%E2%80%9D). In: Duara P, Murthy V, Sartori A, editors. A Companion to Global Historical Thought. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell; 2014. pp. 34–46. Puett M. ["Classical Chinese Historical Thought"](/publications/%E2%80%9Cclassical-chinese-historical-thought%E2%80%9D). In: Duara P, Murthy V, Sartori A, editors. A Companion to Global Historical Thought. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell; 2014. pp. 34–46. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_classical\_chinese\_h...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_classical_chinese_historical_thought_8.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_classical\_chinese\_h...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_classical_chinese_historical_thought_8.pdf) ### 2013 Puett M. [“Economies of Ghosts, Gods, and Goods: The History and Anthropology of Chinese Temple Networks”](/publications/%E2%80%9Ceconomies-ghosts-gods-and-goods-history-and-anthropology-chinese-temple-networks). In: Fischer M, Aulino F, Goheen M, Tambiah S, editors. Radical Egalitarianism: Local Realities, Global Relations. New York: Fordham University Press; 2013. pp. 91–100. Puett M. [“Economies of Ghosts, Gods, and Goods: The History and Anthropology of Chinese Temple Networks”](/publications/%E2%80%9Ceconomies-ghosts-gods-and-goods-history-and-anthropology-chinese-temple-networks). In: Fischer M, Aulino F, Goheen M, Tambiah S, editors. Radical Egalitarianism: Local Realities, Global Relations. New York: Fordham University Press; 2013. pp. 91–100. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_economies\_of\_ghosts...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_economies_of_ghosts_0.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_economies\_of\_ghosts...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_economies_of_ghosts_0.pdf) Puett M. [“Critical Approaches to Religion in China”](/publications/%E2%80%9Ccritical-approaches-religion-china%E2%80%9D). Critical Research on Religion. 2013;1(1):95–101. Puett M. [“Critical Approaches to Religion in China”](/publications/%E2%80%9Ccritical-approaches-religion-china%E2%80%9D). Critical Research on Religion. 2013;1(1):95–101. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_critical\_approaches...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_critical_approaches.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_critical\_approaches...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_critical_approaches.pdf) ### 2011 Puett M. [ “Sages, the Past, and the Dead: Death in the Huainanzi”](/publications/%E2%80%9Csages-past-and-dead-death-huainanzi%E2%80%9D). In: Olberding A, Ivanhoe P, editors. Mortality in Traditional Chinese Thought. Albany: State University of New York Press; 2011. pp. 225–248. Puett M. [ “Sages, the Past, and the Dead: Death in the Huainanzi”](/publications/%E2%80%9Csages-past-and-dead-death-huainanzi%E2%80%9D). In: Olberding A, Ivanhoe P, editors. Mortality in Traditional Chinese Thought. Albany: State University of New York Press; 2011. pp. 225–248. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_sages\_the\_past\_and\_...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_sages_the_past_and_the_dead.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_sages\_the\_past\_and\_...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_sages_the_past_and_the_dead.pdf) Puett M. [“Social Order or Social Chaos"](/publications/%E2%80%9Csocial-order-or-social-chaos). In: Orsi R, editor. The Cambridge Companion to Religious Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2011. pp. 109–129. Puett M. [“Social Order or Social Chaos"](/publications/%E2%80%9Csocial-order-or-social-chaos). In: Orsi R, editor. The Cambridge Companion to Religious Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2011. pp. 109–129. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_social\_order\_or\_soc...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_social_order_or_social_chaos.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_social\_order\_or\_soc...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_social_order_or_social_chaos.pdf) ### 2010 Puett M. [“The Haunted World of Humanity: Ritual Theory from Early China”](/publications/%E2%80%9C-haunted-world-humanity-ritual-theory-early-china%E2%80%9D). In: Molina M, Swearer D, editors. Rethinking the Human. Cambridge: Center for the Study of World Religions; 2010. pp. 95–111. Puett M. [“The Haunted World of Humanity: Ritual Theory from Early China”](/publications/%E2%80%9C-haunted-world-humanity-ritual-theory-early-china%E2%80%9D). In: Molina M, Swearer D, editors. Rethinking the Human. Cambridge: Center for the Study of World Religions; 2010. pp. 95–111. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_haunted\_world\_of\_hu...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_haunted_world_of_humanity.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_haunted\_world\_of\_hu...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_haunted_world_of_humanity.pdf) Puett M. [“Becoming Laozi: Cultivating and Visualizing Spirits in Early Medieval China”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cbecoming-laozi-cultivating-and-visualizing-spirits-early-medieval-china%E2%80%9D). Asia Major, Third series. 2010;23(1):223–252. Puett M. [“Becoming Laozi: Cultivating and Visualizing Spirits in Early Medieval China”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cbecoming-laozi-cultivating-and-visualizing-spirits-early-medieval-china%E2%80%9D). Asia Major, Third series. 2010;23(1):223–252. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_becoming\_laozi.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_becoming_laozi_0.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_becoming\_laozi.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_becoming_laozi_0.pdf) Puett M. [“Centering the Realm: Wang Mang, the Zhouli, and Early Chinese Statecraft”](/publications/%E2%80%9Ccentering-realm-wang-mang-zhouli-and-early-chinese-statecraft%E2%80%9D). In: Elman B, Kern M, editors. Statecraft and Classical Learning: The Rituals of Zhou in East Asian History. Leiden: Brill; 2010. pp. 129–154. Puett M. [“Centering the Realm: Wang Mang, the Zhouli, and Early Chinese Statecraft”](/publications/%E2%80%9Ccentering-realm-wang-mang-zhouli-and-early-chinese-statecraft%E2%80%9D). In: Elman B, Kern M, editors. Statecraft and Classical Learning: The Rituals of Zhou in East Asian History. Leiden: Brill; 2010. pp. 129–154. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_centering\_the\_realm...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_centering_the_realm.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_centering\_the\_realm...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_centering_the_realm.pdf) Puett M. [“Theodicies of Discontinuity: Domesticating Energies and Dispositions in Early China”](/publications/%E2%80%9Ctheodicies-discontinuity-domesticating-energies-and-dispositions-early-china%E2%80%9D). Journal of Chinese Philosophy. 2010;37(Supplement 1 ):51–66. Puett M. [“Theodicies of Discontinuity: Domesticating Energies and Dispositions in Early China”](/publications/%E2%80%9Ctheodicies-discontinuity-domesticating-energies-and-dispositions-early-china%E2%80%9D). Journal of Chinese Philosophy. 2010;37(Supplement 1 ):51–66. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_theodicies.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_theodicies.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_theodicies.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_theodicies.pdf) Puett M. [“Ritualization as Domestication: Ritual Theory from Classical China”](/publications/%E2%80%9Critualization-domestication-ritual-theory-classical-china%E2%80%9D). In: Michaels A, editor. Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual. Vol. 1. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag; 2010. pp. 365–376. Puett M. [“Ritualization as Domestication: Ritual Theory from Classical China”](/publications/%E2%80%9Critualization-domestication-ritual-theory-classical-china%E2%80%9D). In: Michaels A, editor. Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual. Vol. 1. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag; 2010. pp. 365–376. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_ritualization.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_ritualization.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_ritualization.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_ritualization.pdf) ### 2009 Puett M. [“Sages, Gods, and History: Commentarial Strategies in Chinese Late Antiquity”](/publications/%E2%80%9Csages-gods-and-history-commentarial-strategies-chinese-late-antiquity%E2%80%9D). Antiquorum Philosophia. 2009;3:71–87. Puett M. [“Sages, Gods, and History: Commentarial Strategies in Chinese Late Antiquity”](/publications/%E2%80%9Csages-gods-and-history-commentarial-strategies-chinese-late-antiquity%E2%80%9D). Antiquorum Philosophia. 2009;3:71–87. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_sages\_gods\_and\_spir...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_sages_gods_and_spirits.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_sages\_gods\_and\_spir...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_sages_gods_and_spirits.pdf) Puett M. [“Combining the Ghosts and Spirits, Centering the Realm: Mortuary Ritual and Political Organization in the Ritual Compendia of Early China”](/publications/%E2%80%9Ccombining-ghosts-and-spirits-centering-realm-mortuary-ritual-and-political). In: Early Chinese Religion: Shang Through Han (1250 BC-220 AD). Vol. 1. Leiden: Brill; 2009. pp. 695–720. Puett M. [“Combining the Ghosts and Spirits, Centering the Realm: Mortuary Ritual and Political Organization in the Ritual Compendia of Early China”](/publications/%E2%80%9Ccombining-ghosts-and-spirits-centering-realm-mortuary-ritual-and-political). In: Early Chinese Religion: Shang Through Han (1250 BC-220 AD). Vol. 1. Leiden: Brill; 2009. pp. 695–720. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_combining\_ghosts\_an...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_combining_ghosts_and_spirits.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_combining\_ghosts\_an...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_combining_ghosts_and_spirits.pdf) ### 2008 Puett M. [“The Belatedness of the Present: Debates over Antiquity during the Han Dynasty”](/publications/%E2%80%9C-belatedness-present-debates-over-antiquity-during-han-dynasty%E2%80%9D). In: Kuhn D, Stahl H, editors. Perceptions of Antiquity in Chinese Civilization. Heidelberg: Würzburger Sinologische Schriften; 2008. pp. 177–190. Puett M. [“The Belatedness of the Present: Debates over Antiquity during the Han Dynasty”](/publications/%E2%80%9C-belatedness-present-debates-over-antiquity-during-han-dynasty%E2%80%9D). In: Kuhn D, Stahl H, editors. Perceptions of Antiquity in Chinese Civilization. Heidelberg: Würzburger Sinologische Schriften; 2008. pp. 177–190. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_belatedness.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_belatedness.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_belatedness.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_belatedness.pdf) Puett M. [“Human and Divine Kingship in Early China: Comparative Reflections"](/publications/%E2%80%9Chuman-and-divine-kingship-early-china-comparative-reflections). In: Brisch N, editor. Religion and Power: Divine Kingship in the Ancient World and Beyond. Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago; 2008. pp. 199–212. Puett M. [“Human and Divine Kingship in Early China: Comparative Reflections"](/publications/%E2%80%9Chuman-and-divine-kingship-early-china-comparative-reflections). In: Brisch N, editor. Religion and Power: Divine Kingship in the Ancient World and Beyond. Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago; 2008. pp. 199–212. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_divine\_kingship.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_divine_kingship.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_divine\_kingship.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_divine_kingship.pdf) Puett M. ["Ritual and the Subjunctive"](/publications/ritual-and-subjunctive). In: Seligman A, Weller R, Simon B, editors. Ritual and its Consequences: An Essay on the Limits of Sincerity. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2008. pp. 17–42. Puett M. ["Ritual and the Subjunctive"](/publications/ritual-and-subjunctive). In: Seligman A, Weller R, Simon B, editors. Ritual and its Consequences: An Essay on the Limits of Sincerity. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2008. pp. 17–42. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_ritual\_and\_the\_subj...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_ritual_and_the_subjunctive.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_ritual\_and\_the\_subj...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_ritual_and_the_subjunctive.pdf) Puett M. [Afterword](/publications/afterword). In: Seligman A, Weller R, Simon B, editors. Ritual and its Consequences: An Essay on the Limits of Sincerity. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2008. pp. 179–182. Puett M. [Afterword](/publications/afterword). In: Seligman A, Weller R, Simon B, editors. Ritual and its Consequences: An Essay on the Limits of Sincerity. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2008. pp. 179–182. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_afterword\_ritual\_an...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_afterword_ritual_and_its_consequences.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_afterword\_ritual\_an...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_afterword_ritual_and_its_consequences.pdf) ### 2007 Puett M. [“The Temptations of Sagehood, or: The Rise and Decline of Sagely Writing in Early China”](/publications/%E2%80%9C-temptations-sagehood-or-rise-and-decline-sagely-writing-early-china%E2%80%9D). In: Idema W, editor. Books in Numbers. Cambridge: Harvard-Yenching Library; 2007. pp. 23–47. Puett M. [“The Temptations of Sagehood, or: The Rise and Decline of Sagely Writing in Early China”](/publications/%E2%80%9C-temptations-sagehood-or-rise-and-decline-sagely-writing-early-china%E2%80%9D). In: Idema W, editor. Books in Numbers. Cambridge: Harvard-Yenching Library; 2007. pp. 23–47. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_temptations\_of\_sage...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_temptations_of_sagehood.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_temptations\_of\_sage...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_temptations_of_sagehood.pdf) Puett M. [“Humans, Spirits, and Sages in Chinese Late Antiquity: Ge Hong’s Master Who Embraces Simplicity (Baopuzi)”](/publications/%E2%80%9Chumans-spirits-and-sages-chinese-late-antiquity-ge-hong%E2%80%99s-master-who-embraces). Extrême-Orient Extrême-Occident. 2007;29:95–119. Puett M. [“Humans, Spirits, and Sages in Chinese Late Antiquity: Ge Hong’s Master Who Embraces Simplicity (Baopuzi)”](/publications/%E2%80%9Chumans-spirits-and-sages-chinese-late-antiquity-ge-hong%E2%80%99s-master-who-embraces). Extrême-Orient Extrême-Occident. 2007;29:95–119. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_ge\_hong.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_ge_hong_0.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_ge\_hong.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_ge_hong_0.pdf) ### 2006 Puett M. [“Innovation as Ritualization: The Fractured Cosmology of Early China”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cinnovation-ritualization-fractured-cosmology-early-china%E2%80%9D). Cardozo Law Review. 2006;28(1):23–36. Puett M. [“Innovation as Ritualization: The Fractured Cosmology of Early China”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cinnovation-ritualization-fractured-cosmology-early-china%E2%80%9D). Cardozo Law Review. 2006;28(1):23–36. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_ritual\_and\_innovati...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_ritual_and_innovation.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_ritual\_and\_innovati...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_ritual_and_innovation.pdf) ### 2005 Puett M. ["Bones"](/publications/bones). In: Jones L, editor. Encyclopedia of Religion. New York: MacMillan Reference Books; 2005. pp. 1013–1016. Puett M. ["Bones"](/publications/bones). In: Jones L, editor. Encyclopedia of Religion. New York: MacMillan Reference Books; 2005. pp. 1013–1016. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_bones.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_bones.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_bones.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_bones.pdf) Puett M. [“Listening to Sages: Divination, Omens, and the Rhetoric of Antiquity in Wang Chong’s Lunheng"](/publications/%E2%80%9Clistening-sages-divination-omens-and-rhetoric-antiquity-wang-chong%E2%80%99s-lunheng). Oriens Extremus . 2005;45:271–281. Puett M. [“Listening to Sages: Divination, Omens, and the Rhetoric of Antiquity in Wang Chong’s Lunheng"](/publications/%E2%80%9Clistening-sages-divination-omens-and-rhetoric-antiquity-wang-chong%E2%80%99s-lunheng). Oriens Extremus . 2005;45:271–281. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_listening\_to\_sages....](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_listening_to_sages_0.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_listening\_to\_sages....](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_listening_to_sages_0.pdf) Puett M. [“The Offering of Food and the Creation of Order: The Practice of Sacrifice in Early China”](/publications/%E2%80%9C-offering-food-and-creation-order-practice-sacrifice-early-china%E2%80%9D). In: Sterckx R, editor. Of Tripod and Palate: Food, Politics, and Religion in Traditional China. New York: Palgrave MacMillan; 2005. pp. 75–95. Puett M. [“The Offering of Food and the Creation of Order: The Practice of Sacrifice in Early China”](/publications/%E2%80%9C-offering-food-and-creation-order-practice-sacrifice-early-china%E2%80%9D). In: Sterckx R, editor. Of Tripod and Palate: Food, Politics, and Religion in Traditional China. New York: Palgrave MacMillan; 2005. pp. 75–95. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_offering\_of\_food.pd...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_offering_of_food.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_offering\_of\_food.pd...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_offering_of_food.pdf) Puett M. [“Following the Commands of Heaven: The Notion of Ming in Early China”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cfollowing-commands-heaven-notion-ming-early-china%E2%80%9D). In: Lupke C, editor. The Magnitude of Ming: Command, Allotment, and Fate in Chinese Culture. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press; 2005. pp. 49–69. Puett M. [“Following the Commands of Heaven: The Notion of Ming in Early China”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cfollowing-commands-heaven-notion-ming-early-china%E2%80%9D). In: Lupke C, editor. The Magnitude of Ming: Command, Allotment, and Fate in Chinese Culture. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press; 2005. pp. 49–69. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_following\_the\_comma...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_following_the_commands_of_heaven.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_following\_the\_comma...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_following_the_commands_of_heaven.pdf) ### 2004 Puett M. [“Forming Spirits for the Way: The Cosmology of the Xiang’er Commentary to the Laozi”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cforming-spirits-way-cosmology-xiang%E2%80%99er-commentary-laozi%E2%80%9D). Journal of Chinese Religions . 2004;32:1–27. Puett M. [“Forming Spirits for the Way: The Cosmology of the Xiang’er Commentary to the Laozi”](/publications/%E2%80%9Cforming-spirits-way-cosmology-xiang%E2%80%99er-commentary-laozi%E2%80%9D). Journal of Chinese Religions . 2004;32:1–27. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_forming\_spirits.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_forming_spirits.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_forming\_spirits.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_forming_spirits.pdf) Puett M. [“The Ethics of Responding Properly: The Notion of Qing in Early Chinese Thought”](/publications/%E2%80%9C-ethics-responding-properly-notion-qing-early-chinese-thought%E2%80%9D). In: Eifring H, editor. Love and Emotions in Traditional Chinese Literature. Leiden: Brill; 2004. pp. 37–68. Puett M. [“The Ethics of Responding Properly: The Notion of Qing in Early Chinese Thought”](/publications/%E2%80%9C-ethics-responding-properly-notion-qing-early-chinese-thought%E2%80%9D). In: Eifring H, editor. Love and Emotions in Traditional Chinese Literature. Leiden: Brill; 2004. pp. 37–68. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_qing.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_qing.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_qing.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_qing.pdf) ### 2002 Puett M. [“Humans and Gods: The Theme of Self-Divinization in Early China and Early Greece”](/publications/%E2%80%9Chumans-and-gods-theme-self-divinization-early-china-and-early-greece%E2%80%9D). In: Durrant S, Shankman S, editors. Thinking Through Comparisons: Ancient China and Ancient Greece. Albany: State University of New York Press; 2002. pp. 55–74. Puett M. [“Humans and Gods: The Theme of Self-Divinization in Early China and Early Greece”](/publications/%E2%80%9Chumans-and-gods-theme-self-divinization-early-china-and-early-greece%E2%80%9D). In: Durrant S, Shankman S, editors. Thinking Through Comparisons: Ancient China and Ancient Greece. Albany: State University of New York Press; 2002. pp. 55–74. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_humans\_and\_gods.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_humans_and_gods.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_humans\_and\_gods.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_humans_and_gods.pdf) Puett M. ["Gaining the Powers of Spirits"](/publications/gaining-powers-spirits). In: To Become a God: Cosmology, Sacrifice, and Self-Divinization in Early China. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center; 2002. pp. 80–121. Puett M. ["Gaining the Powers of Spirits"](/publications/gaining-powers-spirits). In: To Become a God: Cosmology, Sacrifice, and Self-Divinization in Early China. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center; 2002. pp. 80–121. - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_gaining\_the\_powers\_...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_gaining_the_powers_of_spirits.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpuett\_gaining\_the\_powers\_...](/sites/g/files/omnuum3361/files/puett/files/puett_gaining_the_powers_of_spirits.pdf) - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")