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Reexamination of the pre-Qin muji (grave sacrifice) institution
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Kunyu Dong
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20. November 2012
Abstract
In the pre-Qin Period, mu 墓 (grave) and zhong 冢 (burial mound or tumulus over grave) are two exclusively different concepts: mu was burial place without mound over it, and a general term for the burials of common people and some nobles; zhong was large-scale burial with artificial mound over it, and the term specially used for the royal or high-ranking elite burials. The meanings of these two terms began to be mixed up since the Spring-and-Autumn Period, and referred to the same concept in the Qin-Han Period. In the pre-Qin Period, the zhongji 冢祭, which were sacrifice offering ceremonies held on the sites of the mounded royal or high-ranking elite tombs, did unquestionably exist; but the muji 墓祭, which were sacrifices held on the sites of the graves of common people or some nobles, was only one step in the procedure of funeral ceremonies and not held regularly as a rule. The opinion of “in the ancient times, muji was not held” by the scholars in the Han to Jin Dynasties was held just on this aspect.
Published Online: 2012-11-20
Published in Print: 2012-11-1
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Schlagwörter für diesen Artikel
Burial mounds;
funeral rites and ceremonies- pre-Qin period;
graves;
sacrifice;
tombs
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Masthead
- The Western Zhou cemetery at Dahekou in Yicheng County, Shanxi
- The Mudu Archaic City Site of the Spring-and-Autumn Period in Suzhou City, Jiangsu
- The Tuyoq Buddhist Grottoes in Shanshan County, Xinjiang
- The Laosicheng Site in Yongshun County, Hunan
- The sunken ship “Nan’ao I” of the Ming Dynasty in Shantou City, Guangdong
- Tomb No. 139 of the Shang Dynasty at Daxinzhuang, Jinan City
- Peng She’s tomb of the Chu State of the Spring-and-Autumn Period in Nanyang, Henan
- Late Paleolithic site at Locality S9 of Shizitan Complex in Jixian County, Shanxi
- Architectural Complex VI of Changle Palace, Han Chang’an City in Xi’an
- Excavation of the Yuyang Tomb of the Western Han Dynasty at Wangchengpo, Changsha, Hunan
- A mural tomb of the Northern Qi Dynasty at Shuiquanliang in Shuozhou, Shanxi
- The “Black Dragon Gate” site and Architectural Foundation No. 4 of Zuling Mausoleum precinct of the Liao Dynasty
- The excavation of a stone crypt of the Liao Dynasty in Chaoyang City, Liaoning
- A preliminary study on the fu and yue institution in ancient China
- Reexamination of the pre-Qin muji (grave sacrifice) institution
- Also on the typology of bow-shaped objects and relevant issues
- Differentiation of two types of cultural remains of the Eastern Zhou Period in North China: on the relationships among the Rong, Di and the Hu
- A study of Xiongnu tombs
- A study of Xianbei tombs
- A Study of ancient Tibetan gold and silver ware
- Concerning string cutting, tuo (emery wheel) cutting and tuo carving – and discussion of the date the tuo began to be used
- Prehistoric settlements and environment of West Liaohe River Valley
- On the subsistence practices of the Shi’erqiao Culture: focused on zooarchaeology
- The consumption, utilization and supply of sheep and goats at the late Shang Dynasty capital: a zooarchaeological study on the sheep and goat remains unearthed in the Yinxu area
