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1 online resource (xiii, 414 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Studies in the history of Chinese texts ; volume 6
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Studies in the history of Chinese texts ; v. 6.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 370-402) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: What are muzhiming?; Simple records of interment; Entombed stele inscriptions; Early standard muzhiming : the case of Liu Dai; Essential characteristics and distinctive features of muzhiming; The structure of this book -- The social functions of early medieval muzhiming -- The religious functions of entombed epigraphy -- Mortuary epigraphy moves underground -- Entombed epigraphy in an era of political instability -- Historiographical biography and commemorative biography -- The rise of muzhiming as a literary genre -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Entombed epitaphs from the western Jin and eastern Jin dynasties -- Appendix B: Northern Wei entombed epitaphs prior to 494 CE. |
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Zhou-Era Bronze Inscriptions -- The Commemorative Stelae of the First Emperor -- Mountain Inscriptions and Early Stelae -- Religion and Memory in the Eastern Han Stele Tradition -- "Consecrated Banners" and Coffining Inscriptions -- Inscribed Coffins -- Freestanding Coffining Stones & Entombed Stelae -- The Common Tradition of Entombed Mortuary Epigraphy -- Burial-plot Purchase Contracts -- Tomb-stabilizing Writs -- Evidence for the Apotropaic Function of Entombed Epitaphs -- Tomb Inventory Lists -- Entombed Epitaphs and the Melding ff Canonical and Common Mortuary Practice -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 -- Mortuary Epigraphy Moves Underground -- Imperial Edicts Forbidding Lavish Burial -- The Use of Recycled Stones in Tomb Construction -- The Practice of Inscribing Tomb Structure -- Tomb Pillar Inscriptions -- Bronze Mirror Inscriptions -- Tomb Lintel Inscriptions -- The Eastern Han Inscription for Ma Jiang -- Pictorial Image Stones and Accompanying Inscriptions -- Entombed Inscriptions from the Cliff-Tombs of Sichuan -- Inscriptions on Small Bricks Used to Construct Tomb Walls -- Independent Entombed Brick Inscriptions and Early Muzhiming -- Freestanding Qin and Han Era Burial Inscriptions for Convict Laborers -- Independent Epitaphs from the Jin Dynasty (265-420) -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 -- Entombed Epigraphy in an Era of Political Instability -- Excavated Epitaphs from the Western and Eastern Jin -- Burial Away from Lineage Homelands (waizang 外) -- Transfer Burial (gaizang 改) -- Joint Burial (hezang 合) and Associate Burial (fuzhang) -- The Langye Wang Family Cemetery in the South -- The Burial of Wang Danhu -- The Burials of Wang Kangzhi and He Fadeng -- The Burials of Wang Jianzhi and Liu Meizi -- Prestige Burial at the Capital: The Case of the Yanci Shi Family -- Yanci Shi Family History. |
Summary |
Introduction: What are muzhiming?; Simple records of interment; Entombed stele inscriptions; Early standard muzhiming : the case of Liu Dai; Essential characteristics and distinctive features of muzhiming; The structure of this book -- The social functions of early medieval muzhiming -- The religious functions of entombed epigraphy -- Mortuary epigraphy moves underground -- Entombed epigraphy in an era of political instability -- Historiographical biography and commemorative biography -- The rise of muzhiming as a literary genre -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Entombed epitaphs from the western Jin and eastern Jin dynasties -- Appendix B: Northern Wei entombed epitaphs prior to 494 CE. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Inscriptions, Chinese -- History and criticism.
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Inscriptions, Chinese. |
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China -- Antiquities.
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China. |
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Antiquities. |
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Epitaphs -- China -- History -- To 1500.
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Epitaphs. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Tombs -- China -- History -- To 1500.
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Tombs. |
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Burial -- China -- History -- To 1500.
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Burial. |
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Memorials -- China -- History -- To 1500.
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Memorials. |
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China -- History -- 220-589 -- Sources.
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Chronological Term |
220-589 |
Genre/Form |
Sources.
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Subject |
China -- Social life and customs -- 221 B.C.-960 A.D. -- Sources.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Davis, Timothy M. Entombed epigraphy and commemorative culture in early medieval China. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015] 9789004306417 (DLC) 2015034567 (OCoLC)918591177 |
ISBN |
9789004306424 (electronic book) |
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9004306420 (electronic book) |
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9789004306417 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
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9004306412 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
Standard No. |
40025630223 |
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