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The Aura of Confucius - Relics and Representations of the Sage at the Kongzhai Shrine in Shanghai (Hardcover)
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The Aura of Confucius - Relics and Representations of the Sage at the Kongzhai Shrine in Shanghai (Hardcover)
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The Aura of Confucius is a ground-breaking study that reconstructs
the remarkable history of Kongzhai, a shrine founded on the belief
that Confucius' descendants buried the sage's robe and cap a
millennium after his death and far from his home in Qufu, Shandong.
Improbably located on the outskirts of modern Shanghai, Kongzhai
featured architecture, visual images, and physical artifacts that
created a 'Little Queli,' a surrogate for the temple, cemetery, and
Kong descendants' mansion in Qufu. Centered on the Tomb of the Robe
and Cap, with a Sage Hall noteworthy for displaying sculptural
icons and not just inscribed tablets, Kongzhai attracted scholarly
pilgrims who came to experience Confucius's beneficent aura.
Although Kongzhai gained recognition from the Kangxi emperor, its
fortunes declined with modernization, and it was finally destroyed
during the Cultural Revolution. Unlike other sites, Kongzhai has
not been rebuilt and its history is officially forgotten, despite
the Confucian revival in contemporary China.
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