Cherishing Antiquity – The Cultural Construction of an Ancient Chinese Kingdom : The Cultural Construction of an Ancient Chinese Kingdom
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
ISBN-10
0674726685
ISBN-13
9780674726680
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Imprint
Harvard University, Asia Center
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 18th, 2013
Print length
404 Pages
Weight
750 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.90 x 3.20 cms
Product Classification:
Asian historyAncient history: to c 500 CEAncient historyAsian history
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The rapid rise and fall of the southern kingdom of Wu inspired many memorials in the former capital city of Suzhou, including the building of temples, shrines, and monuments. Analyzing the history of Wu as recorded in ancient Chinese texts and literature, Olivia Milburn illuminates the cultural endurance of this powerful but short-lived kingdom.
Cherishing Antiquity describes the commemoration within Chinese literature and culture of the southern kingdom of Wu, which collapsed in 473 BCE. The sudden rise and tragic fall of Wu within the space of just over one century would inspire numerous memorials in and around the city of Suzhou, once the capital of this ancient kingdom. A variety of physical structures, including temples, shrines, steles, and other monuments, were erected in memory of key figures in the kingdom's history. These sites inspired further literary representations in poetry and prose—musings on the exoticism, glamour, great wealth, and hideous end of the last king of Wu. Through an analysis first of the history of Wu as recorded in ancient Chinese texts and then of its literary legacy, Olivia Milburn illuminates the remarkable cultural endurance of this powerful but short-lived kingdom.
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