Northern Wei (386-534) : a new form of empire in East Asia / Scott Pearce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearce, Scott, author.

Series:

Oxford studies in early empires.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford studies in early empires

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Xianbei (Asian people).

China--History--Northern Wei dynasty, 386-534.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

An innovative contribution to East Asian and Chinese history of the medieval period, 'Northern Wei (386-534)' brings to a new level the study of the little-known Northern Wei dynasty (386-534). Emerging from collapse of the Han empire, the founders of Northern Wei had come south from the grasslands of Inner Asia to conquer the rich farmlands of the Yellow River plains. With complex interactions of Chinese and Inner Asians, which evolved over centuries, Northern Wei laid the foundation for a new model for empire in East Asia, which in the seventh century would lead to the Tang.

Contents:

Cover

Series

Northern Wei (386-534)

Copyright

Contents

Maps

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Genealogies

Prologue: Defining Our Arenas

Section I. On Sources

1. The Emperor Taiwu and the Creation of History

2. History Writing and Its Discontents

Section II. Origins

3. Growth from Out Decay

4. Myths of Origin

Section III. A Dynasty Takes Shape

5. The Interloper

6. Establishing a State

Section IV. Creating an Empire

7. The Way of War

8. The World Shegui Entered

9. The World Shegui Created

10. Troubling Innovation

Section V. Pingcheng as Center of a World

11. The Wei Army

12. The Wolf Lord

13. Hunting and Gathering in the Land of Dai

Section VI. End Games

14. A Transitional Age

15. The Two Buddhas

16. To Luoyang

17. Downfall of a Theatre State

Summing Up

Looking Ahead

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 19, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Pearce, Scott Northern Wei (386-534)

ISBN:

0-19-760042-5

0-19-760040-9

0-19-760041-7

OCLC:

1379440856