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Han Dynasty beliefs; Confucianism and Daoism; burials at Mawangdui and the Wu Family shrine
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Han Dynasty
206 BCE-220 AD
Han Dynasty Subdynasties
• Western (or Former) Han
• Xin (9-23 AD, brief interruption in Liu family rule)
• Eastern (or Later) Han
Mawangdui
• Excavated 1973. Burials ca. 168 BCE • Important finds:
– Well-preserved bodies– Texts on Silk– Grave Goods, aka “Mingqi” or “glorious
vessels”
• The role of the afterlife in telling us about daily life (cf. Egypt)
• Han Cosmology, Daoism & Confucianism
• Excavation Site at Mawangdui, burial chamber of Lady Dai
• Slide Show of Excavation of Lady Dai's Tomb
• Slide Show of Excavation of Third Tomb
Lady Dai
• Fragment of Taoist text on silk, from Lady Dai’s tomb
• Pair of Dishes suitable for food (found in Mawangdui Tombs) Western Han Dynasty, 2nd – 1st century B.C.Red and brown lacquer on wood
• A lacquer cup for wine or soup, one of about 100 found in her tomb, depicts a stylized cloud motif and the inscription "junxingjiu" ("please drink").
• Lacquer makeup boxes
• Musicians, from Tomb 1 @ Mawangdui
• pair of seated earthenware figures playing on a model Liubo board game, made during the 1st century in the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty (25–220 AD).
• Maidservants, from Tombs 1 & 3
• Gauze gown from Tomb 1
• Jade face-cover from Western Han tomb (not Mawangdui)