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Author Davis, Timothy M., author.

Title Entombed epigraphy and commemorative culture in early medieval China : a brief history of early muzhiming / by Timothy M. Davis.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 414 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Studies in the history of Chinese texts ; volume 6
Studies in the history of Chinese texts ; v. 6.
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.
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.
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Subject Inscriptions, Chinese -- History and criticism.
Inscriptions, Chinese.
China -- Antiquities.
China.
Antiquities.
Epitaphs -- China -- History -- To 1500.
Epitaphs.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Tombs -- China -- History -- To 1500.
Tombs.
Burial -- China -- History -- To 1500.
Burial.
Memorials -- China -- History -- To 1500.
Memorials.
China -- History -- 220-589 -- Sources.
Chronological Term 220-589
Genre/Form Sources.
Subject China -- Social life and customs -- 221 B.C.-960 A.D. -- Sources.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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)
9004306420 (electronic book)
9789004306417 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
9004306412 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
Standard No. 40025630223