Chang'an 26 BCE : an Augustan age in China / edited by Michael Nylan and Griet Vankeerberghen ; with the kind assistance of Michael Loewe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nylan, Michael, editor.

Vankeerberghen, Griet, 1964- editor.

Loewe, Michael, editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Samuel and Althea Stroum book

A Samuel and Althea Stroum book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Han Chengdi, Emperor of China, 32 B.C.-7 B.C.

Han Chengdi.

History.

Social change.

City and town life.

Chang'an Zhen (China)--History.

Chang'an Zhen (China).

Chang'an Zhen (China)--Antiquities.

Chang'an Zhen (China)--Politics and government.

Chang'an Zhen (China)--Intellectual life.

City and town life--China--Chang'an Zhen--History--To 1500.

Social change--China--Chang'an Zhen--History--To 1500.

China--History--Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.

China.

China--History--Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 642 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2015]

Summary:

"The northern Chinese city of Chang'an, located near today's Xi'an, was the capital of multiple dynasties. At its zenith during the Western Han dynasty, before an interregnum period divided the dynasty into the Western/Former Han (202 BCE-9 CE) and Eastern/Later Han (25-220 CE), Chang'an was nearly three times the size of Rome and nearly four times larger than Alexandria. Although thousands of studies document imperial Rome's glory, no book-length work in a Western language is devoted to Chang'an, even though the two cities had comparable numbers of capital residents and imperial subjects and comparably vast territories. Chang'an 26 BCE addresses this deficiency, using the reign period of Emperor Chengdi (r. 33-7 BCE) and the year in which the Imperial Library Project began (26 BCE) as a focal point. Such a volume is possible now through correlation of archaeological and literary records relating to several decades in the capital region, when the Western Han capital flourished brilliantly before it was partially razed in 23 CE. This first in-depth survey by some of the world's best scholars, Chinese and Western, builds a case for the need to revise historical assumptions about the two Han dynasties"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 The Built Environment and Archaeology of Han Chang'an 53

1 The Evolution of Imperial Urban Form in Western Han Chang'an / Tang Xiaofeng Xiafeng, Tang 55

2 Chang'an and Rome: Structural Parallels and the Logics of Urban Form / Carlos F. Noreña Noreña, Carlos F. 75

3 Supplying the Capital with Water and Food / Michael Nylan Nylan, Michael 99

4 Mural Tombs in Late Western Han Chang'an / Arlen Lian Lian, Arlen 131

5 Chang'an's Funerary Culture and the Core Han Culture / Huang Yijun Yijun, Huang 153

6 The Residential Wards of Western Han Chang'an / Zhang Jihai Jihai, Zhang 175

7 The Tombs Built for Han Chengdi and Migrations of the Population / Michael Loewe Loewe, Michael 201

Part 2 Sociopolitical Transformations in Late Western Han 219

8 Chengdi's Reign, Problems and Controversies / Michael Loewe Loewe, Michael 221

9 Recasting the Imperial Court in Late Western Han: Rank, Duty, and Alliances during Institutional Change / Luke Habberstad Habberstad, Luke 239

10 The Suburban Sacrifice Reforms and the Evolution of the Imperial Sacrifices / Tian Tian Tian, Tian 263

11 Calendrical Computation Numbers and Han Dynasty Politics: A Study of Gu Yong's Three Troubles Theory / Liu Tseng-kuei Tseng-kuei, Liu 293

12 The Politics of Omenology in Chengdi's Reign / Shao-yun Yang Yang, Shao-yun 323

13 Pining for the West: Chang'an in the Life of Kings and Their Families during Chengdi's Reign / Griet Vankeerberghen Vankeerberghen, Griet 347

Part 3 Leading Figures in Late Western Han 367

14 Liu Xiang and Liu Xin / Michael Loewe Loewe, Michael 369

15 A Fu by Liu Xin on His Travels in Shanxi and Inner Mongolia / David R. Knechtges Knechtges, David R. 391

16 Yang Yun's Biography, His Outlook, and His Poem / Jurij L. Kroll Kroll, Jurij L. 411

17 Looking Backward: The Rise of Medical Tradition in the Han Period / Miranda Brown Brown, Miranda 441

18 The Social Roles of the Annals Classic in Late Western Han / Mark Csikszentmihalyi Csikszentmihalyi, Mark 461

19 The Late Western Han Historian Chu Shaosun / Hans Van Ess Van Ess, Hans 477.

Notes:

"A Samuel and Althea Stroum book"

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

0295994053

9780295994055

OCLC:

900194055

Publisher Number:

99961925661