Title: Entombed epigraphy and commemorative culture in early medieval China
Description: 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: Burial, Memorials, Chinese Inscriptions, Social life and customs, History and criticism, Tombs, Antiquities, Epitaphs, Sources, History, Inscriptions, chinese, China, antiquities, China, social life and customs, Manners and customs
Places: China
Time periods: 220-589, 221 B.C.-960 A.D., To 1500