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Entombed epigraphy and commemorative culture in early medieval China : a history of early muzhiming
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- Creator
- by Timothy M. Davis
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
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- Physical Details
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- xiii, 414 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9789004306417, 9789004306424, 9004306420, 9004306412
- OCLC
- ocn918591177
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 370-402) and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Inscriptions, Chinese -- History and criticism.
- China -- Antiquities.
- Epitaphs -- China -- History -- To 1500.
- Tombs -- China -- History -- To 1500.
- Burial -- China -- History -- To 1500.
- Memorials -- China -- History -- To 1500.
- China -- History -- 220-589 -- Sources.
- China -- Social life and customs -- 221 B.C.-960 A.D. -- Sources.