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,
literature, and recent events to promote desired conduct among
various social groups. This dimension of Chinese art history has
never before been broadly covered or investigated in historical
context. The first half of the study examines the nature of
narrative illustration in China and traces the evolution of its
functions, conventions, and rhetorical strategies from the second
century BCE through the eleventh century. Under the stimulus of
Buddhism, sophisticated techniques developed for representing
stories in visual form. While tracing changes in the social
functions and cultural positions of narrative illustration, the
second half of the book argues that narrative illustration
continued to play a vital role in elite visual culture.
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