Mirror of Morality: Chinese Narrative Illustration and Confucian Ideology

Contents

List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction The Social Status of Narrative Illustration in China 1 Chapter 1 Redrawing the Concept of Chinese Narrative Illustration 7 Chapter 2 Early Narrative Illustration and Moral Suasion 27 Chapter 3 New Strategies for Narrative Illustration in the Post-Han Period 37 Chapter 4 Institutionalizing Narrative Illustration under the Tang Dynasty 50 Chapter 5 Turning Points and Competing Values 60 Chapter 6 Later Narrative Illustration at Court: Legitimation, Remonstrance, and Indoctrination 74 Chapter 7 Later Narrative Illustration Outside the Court: Persuasion, Pleasure, Prestige, and Piety 94 Chapter 8 Epilogue 119 Notes 125 Chinese Character Glossary 159 Bibliography 169 Credits for Figures and Plates 185 Index 187 Color plates follow page 84 Contents ...