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Public Memory in Early China (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)
Public Memory in Early China - Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
Author: K. E. Brashier
In early imperial China, the dead were remembered by stereotyping them, by relating them to the existing public memory and not by vaunting what made each person individually distinct and extraordinary in his or her lifetime. Their posthumous names were chosen from a limited predetermined pool; their descriptors were derived from set phrases in t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674492035
ISBN-10: 067449203X
Publication Date: 5/26/2014
Pages: 550
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Publisher: Harvard University Asia Center
Book Type: Hardcover
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