The terra-cotta figures near the Qin First Emperor's burial mound demonstrate the
a. use of ceramics as a sculpture medium, replacing the ivory-casting of the Shang.
b. huge expenditures that were devoted to afterlife preparation for the monarch.
c. continuation of the Shang practices of human sacrifices.
d. freeing of the individual soul under the influence of Doaism.
e. transience of human life.
b
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