Mirror of Morality: Chinese Narrative Illustration and Confucian Ideology

by Julia K. Murray

Mirror of Morality takes an interdisciplinary look at an important form of pictorial art produced during two millennia of Chinese imperial rule. Ideas about individual morality and state ideology were based on the ancient teachings of Confucius with modifications by later interpreters and government institutions. Throughout the imperial period, members of the elite made, sponsored, and inscribed or used illustrations of themes taken from history,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824830016
• ISBN13: 9780824830014
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.3" x 9.5"