China between Empires: The Northern and Southern Dynasties

351 Pages·2009·4.554 MB·English

by  Mark Edward Lewis

history of imperial china
TimothyBrook,GeneralEditor

C H I N A
B E T W E E N
E M P I R E S
THE NORTHERN AND
SOUTHERN DYNASTIES
Mark Edward Lewis
the belknap press of
harvard university press
Cambridge,Massachusetts
London,England
2009
Copyright©2009bythePresidentandFellowsofHarvardCollege
Allrightsreserved
PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica
LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData
Lewis,MarkEdward,1954–
Chinabetweenempires:thenorthernandsoutherndynasties / MarkEdwardLewis.
p. cm.
Includesbibliographicalreferences.
ISBN-13:978-0-674-02605-6(alk.paper)
ISBN-10:0-674-02605-5(alk.paper)
1.China—History—220-589. I.Title. II.Title:Northernandsoutherndynasties.
DS748.17.L49 2008
931(cid:2).04—dc22 2007002457
contents
Introduction 1
1 TheGeographyofNorthandSouthChina 6
2 TheRiseoftheGreatFamilies 28
3 MilitaryDynasticism 54
4 UrbanTransformation 86
5 RuralLife 118
6 ChinaandtheOuterWorld 144
7 RedefiningKinship 170
8 DaoismandBuddhism 196
9 Writing 221
Conclusion 248
DatesandDynasties 261
PronunciationGuide 265
Notes 267
Bibliography 299
Acknowledgments 325
Index 327

maps
1.LandscapeofContemporaryChina 8
2.ProvincesofContemporaryChina 9
3.MajorBuddhistTemplesoutsideCities 24
4.ThreeKingdoms,ca.a.d.250 34
5.WesternJinDynasty,ca.a.d.300 76
6.SixteenKingdoms,a.d.330 77
7.SixteenKingdoms,a.d.366 78
8.SixteenKingdoms,a.d.395 80
9.NorthernWei’sUnificationofNorthChina 82
10.RebelGarrisonsandtheDivisionofNorthChina 83
11.YeintheThreeKingdoms 93
12.LuoyangundertheNorthernWei 103
13.KoreanPeninsula,SixthCentury 153
14.TradeRoutesbetweenChinaandtheWesternWorld 165
15.Daxingcheng(Chang’an)undertheSui 251
16.LuoyangundertheSui 253
17.GrandCanal 255
figures
1.XiKangSeatedintheWoods 50
2.CavalryEscort 52
3.ArmoredWarrioronanArmoredHorse 59
4.MilitaryHorsesandGrooms 60
5.MilitaryPackHorsewithGrooms 61
6.BattleScene 62
7.XianbeiFigurines,CivilandMilitary 75
8.InfantrywithSwords,Shields,Bows,andArrows 81
9.ScenesataRuralEstate 97
10.CaiShun’sFilialPiety,SetinaMountainForest 99
11.GreatBuddhaattheYungangCaves 104
12.SongyuePagodaatDengfeng 106
13.DrawingandBird’s-EyeViewoftheSongyuePagoda 107
14.DrawingandCross-SectionoftheYongningTemplePagoda 111
15.Plowing,Sowing,andHarrowing 122
16.HarrowingwithSeatedDriver 123
17.WalledCompoundwithMoatintheCountryside 132
18.StekeDepictingaBoat 157
19.VotiveStoneStupawithTrigramsandDeities 186
20.StoryofGuoJuandHisWife 191
21.GreatBuddhaattheLongmenCaves 209
china between empires
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