Aura of Confucius - Relics Representations of Sage At Kongzhai Shrine in Shanghai

This groundbreaking study highlights the importance of images within Confucianism and to a shrine-tomb for Confucius's buried robe and cap.

List of contents

Introduction: Veneration of Confucius and Local Prestige; Part I. Confucius in Qufu and Kongzhai: 1. Confucius and His Cults; 2. Proposing a History of Kongzhai; 3. Visual Representations of Confucius at Kongzhai; Part II. The Rhetorical Construction of Kongzhai: 4. Early Formulations of Kongzhai's History; 5. The Emergence and Impact of the Gazetteer of Kongzhai; 6. Kongzhai in 19th- and 20th- Century Local Gazetteers and Poetry Collections; 7. The Physical Layout of Kongzhai and its Visual Depictions; 8. Conclusion.

About the author

Julia K. Murray is Professor Emerita of Art History, East Asian Studies, and Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A former curator and award-winning academic, Julia K. Murray is an expert on images of Confucius. Her books include Confucius: His Life and Legacy in Art (co-authored, 2010), Mirror of Morality: Chinese Narrative Illustration and Confucian Ideology (2007; Chinese edition 2014); and Ma Hezhi and the Illustration of the Book of Odes (1993).

Summary

This groundbreaking study will intrigue anyone interested in Confucianism. It shows how visual images and literary production enabled the creation of a shrine for Confucius's robe and cap, allegedly buried 1000 years after his death on the outskirts of modern Shanghai, and now suppressed.

Product details

• Authors: Julia K. Murray, Julia K. (University of Wisconsin Murray, Murray Julia K.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781316516324
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51632-4
• No. of pages: 356
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; History, HISTORY / Asia / General, ART / History / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, HISTORY / World, ART / Asian / General, Buddhism, General & world history, Religion & beliefs, History of Art, East Asia, Far East, Asian History, General and world history, Religion and beliefs, Oriental art