1st Edition
Good Son is Sad If He Hears the Name of His Father The Tabooing of Names in China as a Way of Implementing Social Values
By Piotr Adamek
Copyright 2015
416 Pages
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Routledge
416 Pages
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Routledge
392 Pages
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Routledge
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When in 1775 the scholar Wang Xihou 王錫侯 compiled a dictionary called Ziguan 字貫, he wrote, for illustrative purposes, the personal names of Confucius and the three emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong in the introduction. In oversight, he recorded their complete names. This accidental writing of a few names was condemned by Emperor Qianlong as an unprecedented crime, rebellion and high... Read more
Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Taboo and Name Chapter Three: Basic Characteristics of Name Tabooing Chapter Four: Beginnings of the Custom of Name Taboo in China Chapter Five: Name Tabooing from the Han to Southern and Northern Dynasties Chapter Six: Culmination of the Custom of Name Taboo Chapter Seven: Last Centuries of Name Tabooing Chapter Eight: Consequences of Name Taboo for Chinese People Chapter Nine: Historiographical Consequences and the Basics of the Discipline of Name Tabooing Chapter Ten: Special Topics of Name Tabooing Bibliography Chronological Index of Taboo Names of Emperors and Other Famous Persons Alphabetical Index of Taboo Characters Table: Confucian Officials Executed for Taboo Mistakes
Biography
Piotr Adamek
