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

ISBN-13: 9780367596712 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 416 str.

Piotr Adamek

Opis

The present work A Good Son Is Sad if He Hears the Name of His Father is a systematic study of Chinese name-tabooing customs, which until now have been relatively little explored in Western-language Sinological studies.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Piotr Adamek