Elizabeth Childs-Johnson
Biographic Data
| ID | 603855 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Childs-Johnson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Childs-Johnson |
| SIGNATURE | CHILDS-JOHNSON E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Old Dominion University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7359-192X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Rise and Fall of the Small Bronze Tripod Used for Pouring Heated Libations (A Pre-Confucian Libation Rite)
The rite of pouring out heated alcohol in honor of spirits begins during the Late Neolithic but matures as a formal institution known in writing and in cast bronze during the earliest phases of the historic Bronze Age, namely the Erlitou (ca. 1900–1600 BC) and Shang periods (ca. 1600–1046 BC). As will be analyzed, the libation rite known as [示 + 爵 = ] (jue/guan) in Shang oracle bone divinations involved the use of the tripod jue爵 (bronze vessel).…
Metamorphic Imagery in Ancient Chinese Art and Religion
Metamorphic Imagery in Ancient Chinese Art and Religion demonstrates that the concept of metamorphism was central to ancient Chinese religious belief and practices from at least the late Neolithic period through the Warring States Period of the Zhou dynasty. Central to the authors' argument is the ubiquitous motif in early Chinese figurative art, the metamorphic power mask. While the motif underwent stylistic variation over time, its formal prope…
A Comment on Jaffe, Campbell, and Shelach-Lavi 2022
Mozi
This chapter introduces the basic philosophical tenets of the Mozi . It is a vast collection of texts attributed to the eponymous figure, who probably lived in the late fifth century bce , and his followers in the next few centuries. This chapter is divided into three sections. The first discusses the biographical details of this shadowy figure Mozi, the problematic textual history of this tome, and the historical significance of this tradition o…
The Oxford Handbook of Early China
The Oxford Handbook on Early China celebrates the research of multidisciplines ranging from history and archaeology, paleography and textual analysis to art historical and technological material. The coverage in 35 chapters is treated chronologically, beginning with the Neolithic and ending with the Springs and Autumns Period (ca 5000BCE–500BCE). Each chapter innovates in providing the most up-to-date content whether due to new archaeological dis…
Metamorphosis and the Shang State
Despite a long tradition of scholarship on Shang religion, a clear and comprehensive account of that religion has proven elusive. Many scholars have relied on written accounts from the much later Warring States and Han eras purporting to describe Shang beliefs and practices, and have been misled into describing the Shang religion as bureaucratically institutionalized and characterized by tension between inner court and outer court worship of ance…
Urban daemons of early Shang
Big Ding 鼎 and China Power
Paleographic, art historical, metallurgical, and archaeological data are used to identify the monumental bronze tetrapod ding vessel as a preeminent symbol of state authority and divine power during the Shang era of ca. 1640–1046 b.c.e . Paleographic data based on oracle bone terms and inscriptions includes reference to ding as a verb of ancestral sacrifice, and the ding vessel in the specialized compound, yiding , referring to the ritually and m…
The Ghost Head Mask and Metamorphic Shang Imagery
The meaning of Shang ritual imagery has long baffled scholars. Art historians and anthropologists have wrestled with its meaning every since 1928 when bronzes began to be excavated at Anyang, the Late Shang capital. It is now possible to explore various data to identify the religious significance of Shang ritual art From an art historical point of view, it is evident that certain standard modes of representation were designed to symbolize the the…
Jades of the Hongshan culture
Des jades, sans équivalent jusqu'à présent, ont été mis au jour récemment sur des sites appartenant à la culture de Hongshan dans la partie la plus septentrionale de la Chine, à savoir la région est de la Mongolie intérieure, le nord-est du Hebei et le Liaoning. Ces jades sont datés entre ca. 4000 et 2000 av. J.-C, ce qui correspond à une phase importante de la préhistoire de la Chine, ayant contribué à la formation de sa civilisation. D'importan…
Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
The jue and Its Ceremonial Use in the Ancestor Cult of China
Urban daemons of early Shang
Metamorphosis and the Shang State
Despite a long tradition of scholarship on Shang religion, a clear and comprehensive account of that religion has proven elusive. Many scholars have relied on written accounts from the much later Warring States and Han eras purporting to describe Shang beliefs and practices, and have been misled into describing the Shang religion as bureaucratically institutionalized and characterized by tension between inner court and outer court worship of ance…
The jue and Its Ceremonial Use in the Ancestor Cult of China
Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
Jades of the Hongshan culture
Des jades, sans équivalent jusqu'à présent, ont été mis au jour récemment sur des sites appartenant à la culture de Hongshan dans la partie la plus septentrionale de la Chine, à savoir la région est de la Mongolie intérieure, le nord-est du Hebei et le Liaoning. Ces jades sont datés entre ca. 4000 et 2000 av. J.-C, ce qui correspond à une phase importante de la préhistoire de la Chine, ayant contribué à la formation de sa civilisation. D'importan…
The Ghost Head Mask and Metamorphic Shang Imagery
The meaning of Shang ritual imagery has long baffled scholars. Art historians and anthropologists have wrestled with its meaning every since 1928 when bronzes began to be excavated at Anyang, the Late Shang capital. It is now possible to explore various data to identify the religious significance of Shang ritual art From an art historical point of view, it is evident that certain standard modes of representation were designed to symbolize the the…
Big Ding 鼎 and China Power
Paleographic, art historical, metallurgical, and archaeological data are used to identify the monumental bronze tetrapod ding vessel as a preeminent symbol of state authority and divine power during the Shang era of ca. 1640–1046 b.c.e . Paleographic data based on oracle bone terms and inscriptions includes reference to ding as a verb of ancestral sacrifice, and the ding vessel in the specialized compound, yiding , referring to the ritually and m…
Urban daemons of early Shang
Metamorphosis and the Shang State
Despite a long tradition of scholarship on Shang religion, a clear and comprehensive account of that religion has proven elusive. Many scholars have relied on written accounts from the much later Warring States and Han eras purporting to describe Shang beliefs and practices, and have been misled into describing the Shang religion as bureaucratically institutionalized and characterized by tension between inner court and outer court worship of ance…
The Oxford Handbook of Early China
The Oxford Handbook on Early China celebrates the research of multidisciplines ranging from history and archaeology, paleography and textual analysis to art historical and technological material. The coverage in 35 chapters is treated chronologically, beginning with the Neolithic and ending with the Springs and Autumns Period (ca 5000BCE–500BCE). Each chapter innovates in providing the most up-to-date content whether due to new archaeological dis…
Mozi
This chapter introduces the basic philosophical tenets of the Mozi . It is a vast collection of texts attributed to the eponymous figure, who probably lived in the late fifth century bce , and his followers in the next few centuries. This chapter is divided into three sections. The first discusses the biographical details of this shadowy figure Mozi, the problematic textual history of this tome, and the historical significance of this tradition o…
Metamorphic Imagery in Ancient Chinese Art and Religion
Metamorphic Imagery in Ancient Chinese Art and Religion demonstrates that the concept of metamorphism was central to ancient Chinese religious belief and practices from at least the late Neolithic period through the Warring States Period of the Zhou dynasty. Central to the authors' argument is the ubiquitous motif in early Chinese figurative art, the metamorphic power mask. While the motif underwent stylistic variation over time, its formal prope…
A Comment on Jaffe, Campbell, and Shelach-Lavi 2022
The Rise and Fall of the Small Bronze Tripod Used for Pouring Heated Libations (A Pre-Confucian Libation Rite)
The rite of pouring out heated alcohol in honor of spirits begins during the Late Neolithic but matures as a formal institution known in writing and in cast bronze during the earliest phases of the historic Bronze Age, namely the Erlitou (ca. 1900–1600 BC) and Shang periods (ca. 1600–1046 BC). As will be analyzed, the libation rite known as [示 + 爵 = ] (jue/guan) in Shang oracle bone divinations involved the use of the tripod jue爵 (bronze vessel).…
Chinese history and philosophy (10 works) · History (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Art (6 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · China (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Literature (3 works)