Modeling Peace: Royal Tombs and Political Ideology in Early China (Tang Center Series in Early China) by Jie ShiEnglish | March 24, 2020 | ISBN: 0231191022 | True PDF | 368 pages | 25.6 MB
Among hundreds of thousands of ancient graves and tombs excavated to date in China, the Mancheng site stands out for its unparalleled complexity and richness. It features juxtaposed burials of the first king and queen of the Zhongshan kingdom (dated late second century BCE). The male tomb occupant, King Liu Sheng (d. 113 BCE), was sent by his father, Emperor Jing (r. 157-141 BCE), to rule the Zhongshan kingdom near the northern frontier of the Western Han Empire, neighboring the nomadic Xiongnu confederation.