The Rise and Normalization of Familial Joint-Burial -- Spousal Joint- and Disjoint-Burials -- Burial Divinations -- The Hun-Summoning Burial -- The Speakers for the Dead. "This nuanced study traces how Chinese came to view death as an opportunity to fashion and convey social id…
"This nuanced study traces how Chinese came to view death as an opportunity to fashion and convey social identities and memories during the medieval period (200-1000) and the Tang dynasty (618-907), specifically. As Chinese society became increasingly multicultural and multireli…
"This nuanced study traces how Chinese came to view death as an opportunity to fashion and convey social identities and memories during the medieval period (200-1000) and the Tang dynasty (618-907), specifically. As Chinese society became increasingly multicultural and multireli…
Eastern Han (AD 25-220) tombs in Sichuan
This work explores the many factors underlying the extended popularity of the cliff tomb, a local burial form in the Sichuan Basin in China during the Eastern Han dynasty (AD 25-220). The development of the cliff tomb was linked to a complex set of connections involved with buri…
Public Memory in Early China
by Project Muse, Brashier, K. E.
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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 muzh…