- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
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- Introduction
- Part One: The Kingdom of Wu
- 1. The Royal House of Wu
- The Early History of the Kingdom of Wu
- The Rule of King Zhufan and His Brothers
- Prince Jizha’s Embassies
- The Prince and the Sword
- The Funeral of Prince Jizha’s Son
- Prince Jizha and the Fur-Coated Elder
- 2. The Last Kings of Wu
- The Reign of King Liao of Wu
- The Assassination of King Liao of Wu
- The Campaigns against Chu
- The Death of King Helü
- The Conquest of Yue
- The Battle of Ailing
- The Death of Wu Zixu
- The Beauty Xi Shi
- The Covenant at Huangchi
- The Death of King Fuchai of Wu
- 3. Reflections on the Royal House of Wu
- The Wu Royal House in Ancient Chinese Texts
- The Wu Royal House in Bronze Inscriptions
- The Wu Royal House in Modern Scholarship
- Eastern Han Pictorial Mirrors
- Mirror Manufacturing in Han Dynasty Jiangnan
- Iconography of Eastern Han Dynasty Mirrors
- Representing the Royal House of Wu
- 1. The Royal House of Wu
- Part Two: Case Studies
- 4. Commemorating Master Ji of Yanling
- The Tomb of Prince Jizha of Wu
- The Temple to Prince Jizha
- The 1503 Restoration
- The Late Imperial History of the Temple
- The Ten-Character Stele
- Re-carving the Ten-Character Stele
- The Temple to Prince Jizha at Jiujinfeng
- Other Temples and Shrines Dedicated to Prince Jizha
- Conclusion
- 5. The Tomb at Tiger Hill
- The Burial of King Helü of Wu
- Tiger Hill in Imperial Era Gazetteers
- The Baicheng yanshui Account
- The 1767 Gazetteer for Tiger Hill
- Robbing the Tomb at Tiger Hill
- The First Emperor of China Attempts to Rob the Tomb
- Song Dynasty Investigations of the Tomb
- The Ming Dynasty Drought
- Conclusion
- 6. Numinous Cliff and Gusu Tower
- Numinous Cliff Mountain
- Numinous Cliff Temple
- Numinous Cliff in Ming and Qing Dynasty Gazetteers
- Qing Imperial Visits to Numinous Cliff Temple
- Gusu Tower
- Endgame at the Gusu Tower
- The Gusu Tower Lives On
- Gusu Station and the New Gusu Tower
- Conclusion
- 4. Commemorating Master Ji of Yanling
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- Afterword: Wu in the Modern World
- City Walls and Gates
- Roads and Canals
- Houses and Gardens
- Temples
- The Tomb and Temple of Prince Jizha of Wu
- Tiger Hill
- Numinous Cliff
- Afterword: Wu in the Modern World
- Works Cited
- Index
HARVARD-YENCHING INSTITUTE MONOGRAPH SERIES


Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series 89
Cherishing Antiquity
The Cultural Construction of an Ancient Chinese Kingdom
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