英文摘要 |
Regarding the doubts of the owners' identity of Han mural tombs, there are two major viewpoints in the academic circle: first, they were lords, Marquis is the least; and second, regional officials with annual incomes of about two thousand Dan. This essay suggests that the owners of the mural tombs in Chang-an area had higher social positions—marquis or above, and those in Luo-yang area had lower social statuses regardless of their wealth. It reexamines the layout of the mural tombs in the two Han capitals, the jade burial suits, the themes and the duration of genres of the tomb murals, related documents, and more. Perhaps, there were more refined and advance tomb decorations in the mural tombs in Chang-an that provided sufficient evidence for the owners' intentions of elevating their social statuses. As there were insufficient and indeterminate records in related documents regarding the applications of tomb murals, regional officials and wealthy people used these murals in their tombs to promote their identity and cultural levels after the end of Eastern Han Dynasty. It was not until late Northern Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, and Tang Dynasty that tomb murals had become the burial decorations of owners of higher social positions. |