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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
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 414 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in the history of Chinese texts ; volume 6
Studies in the history of Chinese texts ; v. 6.
Contents 880-01 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
880-01/$1 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 370-402) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Inscriptions, Chinese -- History and criticism
Epitaphs -- China -- History -- To 1500
Tombs -- China -- History -- To 1500
Burial -- China -- History -- To 1500
Memorials -- China -- History -- To 1500
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
Antiquities
Burial
Epitaphs
Inscriptions, Chinese
Manners and customs
Memorials
Tombs
SUBJECT China -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023988
China -- History -- 220-589 -- Sources
China -- Social life and customs -- 221 B.C.-960 A.D. -- Sources
Subject China
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Sources
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004306424
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