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Excavation photograph of
Dou Wans jade shroud.

the chamber contained small stone figures of servants; wine flasks (cat. 132), lamps (cats. 135-
137), and an incense burner (cat. 134) were placed in the center room — apparently for the
prince's own use. The preponderance of jade and stone in this room suggests that these materi-
als had particular importance in early Han concepts of the attainment of a secure afterlife. JR

i For a vivid account of the reign of the First Emperor see 2 For the finds from Mancheng see the archaeological
Burton Watson's translation of chapters from the Shi ji by report, Zhongguo KjSob 1980.
the Han dynasty historian Sima Qian (c. 145-86 BCE) in 3 Wu Hung 199/b, 147 -169. Compare Thorp, i99ib, 26 - 37.
Watson 1993. The biographies of Xiang Yu and Liu Bang
are in Watson 1961,1:37-121.

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