Chinese Funerary Biographies: An Anthology of Remembered Lives by

Chinese Funerary Biographies: An Anthology of Remembered Lives

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nonfiction history literary challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Tens of thousands of epitaphs, or funerary biographies, survive from imperial China. Engraved on stone and placed in a grave, they typically focus on the deceased's biography and exemplary words and deeds, expressing the survivors' longing for the...

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