Wuliang Temple (The Ideological Aspects of Ancient Chinese Portrait Art)

Author: Wu Hung (USA), translated by Liu Yang and Cen He
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Features: Taking the stone reliefs from the Wu Liang Shrine in Jiāngxiáng, Shandong as a typical example, the book delves into the commonalities and individualities of Han Dynasty memorial hall art, vividly and profoundly revealing the essence and evolutionary patterns of Han burial art. It presents readers with a mysterious and enigmatic picture of the beliefs in ghosts and deities in Han society. The book, using the stone reliefs from the Wu Liang Shrine in Jiāngxiáng as a typical example, examines the commonalities and individualities of Han Dynasty memorial hall art through in-depth analysis, vividly and profoundly revealing the essence and evolutionary patterns of Han burial art, and presenting readers with a mysterious and enigmatic picture of the beliefs in ghosts and deities in Han society. The book is well-documented, logically rigorous, and richly illustrated, making it a classic work in the study of Han Dynasty relief art.