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"The Chinese understood the importance of artifice; by acting out these intricate dramas, they felt that they became more fully humane. By the ninth century, they had begun to appreciate that the trans-formative effect of ritual was far more important than the manipulations of the gods. By playing a role, we become more than ourselves. By taking on different persona, we momentarily lose ourselves in another. The ritual gave the participants a vision of harmony, beauty and sacredness that stayed with them when they returned to the confusion of their ordinary lives. During the rite, something new came alive in the dancers, actors and courtiers. By submitting to the minute details of the liturgy, they gave themselves up to the larger pattern, and created - at least for a time - a holy community, where past, present Heaven and Earth were one."