Xu Dynamic Interpretation of Early Cities in Ancient China

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-981-16-2387-5
Verlag: Springer Singapore
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 218 Seiten, eBook

This book offers an archaeological study on China’s ancient capitals. Using abundant illustrations of ancient capital sites, it verifies the archaeological discoveries with documentary records. The author introduces the dynamical interpretation of each ancient capital to the interpretation of the entire development history of China's ancient capitals. The book points out that for most of the almost 2000 years from the earliest Erlitou (???)to the Ye city (??), there was an era where ancient capitals didn’t have outer enclosures due to factors such as the strong national power, the military and diplomatic advantage, the complexity of the residents, and the natural conditions. Thus an era of “the huge ancient capitals without guards” lasting for over 1000 years formed. The concept that “China’s ancient capitals don’t have outer enclosures” presented in the book questions the traditional view that “every settlement has walled enclosures”. Combining science with theory, it offers researchers of history a clear understanding of the development process of China’s ancient capitals.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Xu, Hong

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Is there no capital city without a city wall? The different designations and meanings of the term “city” The city and the city siteThe city and the capital city The city and the outer city The palace city and the imperial city How did everyone say Yu Weichao: the Eastern Zhou and the two Han dynasties as one big stage           Xu Pingfang: the epochal change brought by the capitals from the Qin and Han dynastiesYang Kuan: the two Han dynasty capitals without outer city Liu Qingzhu: The form of the Qin and Han dynasty capitals and the time lag-theory About the shape of the outer city From the literature perspective: large city without a city wall
I. The time after the Wei and Jin dynasties – City wall and grid-pattern The Wei-Jin period to the Sui and Tang dynasties Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
II. The capital cities of the Qin and Han dynasties and their environs – The domineering empires  Chang’an in the Western Han dynasty: the distinction between inner and outer cityInner or outer city There is no enclosed area outside of the inner city Orientation and axis Tracing the origin of design ideasThe Qin dynasty capital Xianyang: with or without city wall The Eastern Han dynasty city of Luoyang: the last capital without fortification
III. Times of Unrest – The city of the Eastern Zhou dynasty The Inner and outer city of the Spring and Autumn period Qufu – Capital of the Lu State Linzi – Capital of the Qi State Xinzheng – Capital of the Zheng State The Inner and outer city standing side by side in the Warring States period Linze – Capital of the Qi State Handan – Capital of the Zhao State Qufu – Capital of the Lu State Xinzheng – Capital of the Han State The lower capital of the state of Yan Eastern Zhou dynasty Wangcheng and Chengzhou Ji’nan – Capital of the Chu State The Qin state capital city Yong
IV. Three Generations of Capitals The remains of unfortified cities from the Spring and Autumn period Eastern Zhou dynasty capital Wangcheng Xintian – Capital of the Jin stateJi’nan – Capital of the Chu State Yong – Capital of the Qin State Western Zhou Dynasty: Within the borders of the four foreign peoples Zhouyuan Fenghao Luoyi Qufu and Linzi Yinxu: the era of cities without walls         Huanbei City (square moat (fang hao))Huannan Dayi Erligang: Two Hundred Years of Royal Inner and Outer City Zhengzhou City Xiaoshuangqiao Yanshi city Capital cities in the periphery Erlitou: The beginning of unfortified cities Erlitou From a city wall to ring moat Conclusion: The Great Central Axis

Postscript

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Hong Xu is the researcher of archaeological institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He is the director of Xiashangzhou Research Laboratory of the archaeological institute in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the team leader of the archaeological team in Erlitou site. During his Ph.D phase, His Ph.D supervisor is the famous Chinese archaeologist Mr.Xu Pingfang(???), and he has visited many countries and regions to learn. As a researcher, His main research direction includes the archaeology of Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasty, the archaeology of Ancient City in China, and he concerns about the formation of Chinese civilization and early country on archaeological studies.His most important work are An Archaeological Study of the Cities in the Pre - Qin Period, The Earliest China, Dynamic Interpretation of Early Cities in Ancient China, and so on.