Name: Death in Ancient China: The Tale of One Man's Journey (en Inglés)
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Author: Cook, Constance
ISBN: 9789004205703

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Death in Ancient China: The Tale of One Man's Journey (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Constance Cook

Editorial

Brill

Año

2011

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

300

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

23.6 x 15.7 x 2.0 cm

Peso

0.42 kg.

ISBN

9004205705

ISBN13

9789004205703

Categorías

China
Mundo antiguo
Sociología de la muerte y el morir
Historia antigua
Historia de asia

Death in Ancient China: The Tale of One Man's Journey (en Inglés)

Constance Cook (Autor) · Brill · Tapa Blanda

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This richly illustrated book provides a glimpse into the belief system and the material wealth of the social elite in pre-Imperial China through a close analysis of tomb contents and excavated bamboo texts. The point of departure is the textual and material evidence found in one tomb of an elite man buried in 316 BCE near a once wealthy middle Yangzi River valley metropolis. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of cosmological symbolism and the nature of the spirit world. The author shows how illness and death were perceived as steps in a spiritual journey from one realm into another. Transmitted textual records are compared with excavated texts. The layout and contents of this multi-chambered tomb are analyzed as are the contents of two texts, a record of divination and sacrifices performed during the last three years of the occupant's life and a tomb inventory record of mortuary gifts. The texts are fully translated and annotated in the appendices.A first-time close-up view of a set of local beliefs which not only reflect the larger ancient Chinese religious system but also underlay the rich intellectual and artistic life of pre-Imperial China. With first full translations of texts previously unknown to all except a small handful of sinologists.Originally published in hardcover