Through an analysis of the building form of the Han tomb on Beidong Hill and the coins and seals unearthed from there,the author comes to the conclusion that the tomb shows distinct features characteristic of the earl...Through an analysis of the building form of the Han tomb on Beidong Hill and the coins and seals unearthed from there,the author comes to the conclusion that the tomb shows distinct features characteristic of the early Western Han period and can be dated to the time prior to the abolition of the Chu State by the Western Han Dynasty in the third year of the Emperor Jingdi’s Qianyuan reign (154 BC). A Comparative study of this tomb with other Chu princes’ graves of the early Western Han period suggests that the owner of Beidong Hill tomb must have been Liu Ying (Ke),the second Chu prince having the same surname as the emperor’s.展开更多
文摘Through an analysis of the building form of the Han tomb on Beidong Hill and the coins and seals unearthed from there,the author comes to the conclusion that the tomb shows distinct features characteristic of the early Western Han period and can be dated to the time prior to the abolition of the Chu State by the Western Han Dynasty in the third year of the Emperor Jingdi’s Qianyuan reign (154 BC). A Comparative study of this tomb with other Chu princes’ graves of the early Western Han period suggests that the owner of Beidong Hill tomb must have been Liu Ying (Ke),the second Chu prince having the same surname as the emperor’s.
