Cherishing Antiquity - The Cultural Construction of an Ancient Chinese Kingdom

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-674-72668-0
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 89, 404 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 747 g

Reihe: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Milburn, Olivia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie

Über Autor(innen)

Milburn, Olivia
Olivia Milburn is Assistant Professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Seoul National University.