Julia K. Murray

Aura of Confucius (eBook, ePUB)

Relics and Representations of the Sage at the Kongzhai Shrine in Shanghai

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Aura of Confucius is a ground-breaking study that reconstructs the remarkable history of Kongzhai, a shrine founded on the belief that Confucius' descendants buried the sage's robe and cap a millennium after his death and far from his home in Qufu, Shandong. Improbably located on the outskirts of modern Shanghai, Kongzhai featured architecture, visual images, and physical artifacts that created a 'Little Queli,' a surrogate for the temple, cemetery, and Kong descendants' mansion in Qufu. Centered on the Tomb of the Robe and Cap, with a Sage Hall noteworthy for displaying sculptural icons and not just inscribed tablets, Kongzhai attracted scholarly pilgrims who came to experience Confucius's beneficent aura. Although Kongzhai gained recognition from the Kangxi emperor, its fortunes declined with modernization, and it was finally destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. Unlike other sites, Kongzhai has not been rebuilt and its history is officially forgotten, despite the Confucian revival in contemporary China.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009034265
• Artikelnr.: 70909944

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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.