Inscribing Death : : Burials, Representations, and Remembrance in Tang China / / Jessey J. C. Choo.
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 multireligious, to achieve thes...
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Choo, Jessey J. C., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Inscribing Death : Burials, Representations, and Remembrance in Tang China / Jessey J. C. Choo. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2022] ©2022 1 online resource (304 p.) : 1 b&w illustration text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Conventions, Translations, and Abbreviations -- Dynastic Chronology -- Tang Dynasty Rulers and Reign-Periods -- Introduction -- 1. The Rise and Normalization of Familial Joint-Burial -- 2. Spousal Joint- and Disjoint-Burials -- 3. Burial Divinations -- 4. The Hun-Summoning Burial -- Epilogue. The Speakers for the Dead -- Appendix: The Muzhiming of the Late [Lady] Zhangsun -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 multireligious, to achieve these aims people selectively adopted, portrayed, and interpreted various acts of remembrance. Included in these were new and evolving burial, mourning, and commemorative practices: joint-burials of spouses, extended family members, and coreligionists; relocation and reburial of bodies; posthumous marriage and divorce; interment of a summoned soul in the absence of a body; and many changes to the classical mourning and commemorative rites that became the norm during the period. Individuals independently constructed the socio-religious meanings of a particular death and the handling of corpses by engaging in and reviewing acts of remembrance. Drawing on a variety of sources, including hundreds of newly excavated entombed epitaph inscriptions, Inscribing Death illuminates the process through which the living—and the dead—negotiated this multiplicity of meanings and how they shaped their memories and identities both as individuals and as part of collectives. In particular, it details the growing emphasis on remembrance as an expression of filial piety and the grave as a focal point of ancestral sacrifice. The work also identifies different modes of construction and representation of the self in life and death, deepening our understanding of ancestral worship and its changing modus operandi and continuous shaping influence on the most intimate human relationships—thus challenging the current monolithic representation of ancestral worship as an extension of families rather than individuals in medieval China. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023) Burial China History To 1500. Collective memory China History To 1500. Funeral rites and ceremonies China History To 1500. Mourning customs China History To 1500. RELIGION / History. bisacsh Asia. Buddhism. China. History. Religion. Rituals & Practice. Tang China. burial. death rites. memory. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English 9783110993899 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 9783110994810 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Classical Studies 2022 English 9783110992915 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Classical Studies 2022 9783110992878 ZDB-23-DGD Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 9783110564150 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 9783110786934 print 9780824877330 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824893224?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824893224 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824893224/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Conventions, Translations, and Abbreviations -- Dynastic Chronology -- Tang Dynasty Rulers and Reign-Periods -- Introduction -- 1. The Rise and Normalization of Familial Joint-Burial -- 2. Spousal Joint- and Disjoint-Burials -- 3. Burial Divinations -- 4. The Hun-Summoning Burial -- Epilogue. The Speakers for the Dead -- Appendix: The Muzhiming of the Late [Lady] Zhangsun -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author |
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