Big Ding 鼎 and China Power
Divine Authority and Legitimacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18958409 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Childs-Johnson (0000-0001-7359-192X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 164-220 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0066-8435 • E-ISSN: 1535-8283 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/asi.2014.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2013080627 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 16 |
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 metamorphically empowered ding vessel. Art historical data accounts for differences in form and style between ding tetrapod and tripod types. Metallurgical data derives primarily from a unique source of high radiogenic lead in southern China exploited during the early Shang period. Archaeological data derives from excavated Shang tetrapod ding in royal burial or cache burials
Ancient history · Archaeology · China · Shang dynasty · Western Zhou · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
Monumentality in early Chinese art and architecture
The pivot of the four quarters
Eastern Zhou and Qin Civilizations
Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
The Cosmo-political Background of Heaven's Mandate
Was There a High God Ti in Shang Religion
Astronomical Dates in Shang and Western Zhou
Craft Production and Social Change in Northern China
Early Chinese Religion, Part One
The Archaeology of Ancient China
The jue and Its Ceremonial Use in the Ancestor Cult of China
Early, Middle, and Late Shang
Art, Myth, and Ritual
The Wu Liang Shrine
An Ancient Chinese Bronze Fragment Re‐examined After 50 Years
Some Dualistic Phenomena in Shang Society
| Citations per year | 0.36 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |