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Cherishing Antiquity : The Cultural Construction of an Ancient Chinese Kingdom / Olivia Milburn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milburn, Olivia, author.
- Series:
- Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 89.
- Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, ISBN ; 9789004407077.
- Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 89
- Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, ISBN: 9789004407077
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historiography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- The Cultural Construction of an Ancient Chinese Kingdom
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2013.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Kingdom of Wu
- 1 The Royal House of Wu 19
- The Early History of the Kingdom of Wu 20
- The Rule of King Zhufan and His Brothers 27
- Prince Jizha's Embassies 30
- The Prince and the Sword 38
- The Funeral of Prince Jizha's Son 42
- Prince Jizha and the Fur-Coated Elder 46
- 2 The Last Kings of Wu 50
- The Reign of King Liao of Wu 51
- The Assassination of King Liao of Wu 53
- The Campaigns against Chu 62
- The Death of King Helü 69
- The Conquest of Yue 73
- The Battle of Ailing 80
- The Death of Wu Zixu 86
- The Beauty Xi Shi 93
- The Covenant at Huangchi 96
- The Death of King Fuchai of Wu 102
- 3 Reflections on the Royal House of Wu 116
- The Wu Royal House in Ancient Chinese Texts 117
- The Wu Royal House in Bronze Inscriptions 121
- The Wu Royal House in Modern Scholarship 134
- Eastern Han Pictorial Mirrors 139
- Mirror Manufacturing in Han Dynasty Jiangnan 143
- Iconography of Eastern Han Dynasty Mirrors 144
- Representing the Royal House of Wu 158
- Part 2 Case Studies
- 4 Commemorating Master Ji of Yanling 173
- The Tomb of Prince Jizha of Wu 176
- The Temple to Prince Jizha 181
- The 1503 Restoration 186
- The Late Imperial History of the Temple 193
- The Ten-Character Stele 197
- Re-carving the Ten-Character Stele 201
- The Temple to Prince Jizha at Jiujinfeng 208
- Other Temples and Shrines Dedicated to Prince Jizha 212
- Conclusion 215
- 5 The Tomb at Tiger Hill 218
- The Burial of King Helü of Wu 224
- Tiger Hill in Imperial Era Gazetteers 230
- The Baidieng yanshui Account 238
- The 1767 Gazetteer for Tiger Hill 249
- Robbing the Tomb at Tiger Hill 258
- The First Emperor of China Attempts to Rob the Tomb 261
- Song Dynasty Investigations of the Tomb 264
- The Ming Dynasty Drought 269
- Conclusion 274
- 6 Numinous Cliff and Gusu Tower 277
- Numinous Cliff Mountain 280
- Numinous Cliff Temple 291
- Numinous Cliff in Ming and Qing Dynasty Gazetteers 298
- Qing Imperial Visits to Numinous Cliff Temple 308
- Gusu Tower 314
- Endgame at the Gusu Tower 326
- The Gusu Tower Lives On 330
- Gusu Station and the New Gusu Tower 335
- Conclusion 337
- Afterword: Wu in the Modern World 341
- City Walls and Gates 345
- Roads and Canals 348
- Houses and Gardens 351
- Temples 354
- The Tomb and Temple of Prince Jizha of Wu 356
- Tiger Hill 358
- Numinous Cliff 360.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Cherishing Antiquity : The Cultural Construction of an Ancient Chinese Kingdom,
- ISBN:
- 9781684170739
- 9780674726680
- OCLC:
- 956712119
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9781684170739 DOI
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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