The Politics of Mourning in Early China
Brown, Miranda. The Politics of Mourning
in Early China. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2007.
Chapter 1
Western Han downplays the importance of the
three-years mourning. Why? It depends on the understanding of filial
obligation. For instance, someone renders political service as a more salient
filial obligation.
Chapter 2 Centuries of Tears and Woe
The proliferation of accounts of mourning
in the Eastern Han record reflects that personal obligations took precedence
over state duties in terms of political participation. It relates to the rise
of local power at that time. [地方豪强的崛起]
Chapter 3
During the Han dynasty, there is not only the
lord-father analogy, but also the mother-son analogy. Lord-father
represents public duties, while mother-son means personal intimacy.
Chapter 4
Inscriptions also reflect the horizontal (instead
of hierarchical) relationship, i.e. friendship.
Chapter 5
Inscriptions also commemorate the local
heroes who benefit the regional community.
Epilogue
Scholars in Song Dynasty, e.g. Ouyang Xiu,
rediscover Han civilization. [宋朝人对汉朝的正面态度。可见，清朝的汉宋之争多半是因为满人政权而构建出来的]