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The dissertation focuses on the texts of a religious movement known as Tianshidao (the Way of the Celestial Masters) from the 2nd to the 5th century CE. Tianshidao is presented as a multifaceted tradition that should not be reduced by a... more
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      DaoismChinese ReligionsCelestial MastersApocalypticism
The Eastern Han philosopher Wang Chong's 王充 (27-100 CE) influence on the “pure conversation” (qingtan 清談) movement in the 3rd century CE is well known. His Lunheng 論衡 was prized and used by Cai Yong 蔡邕 (132-192 CE), Wang Lang 王朗 (d. 228... more
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      MetaphysicsChinese PhilosophyHan DynastyXuanxue 玄學
Newly discovered 1st century AD coins issued by the kingdom of Kucha.
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      NumismaticsChinese archaeologyChinese history (History)Kushan history
劉向以性別作為歷史寫作的分類標準,在表面看,似乎突破了在他之前的性別規範,讓女性入史,但其實並未脫離固有的女性性別倫理準則—居內從人。至於《列女傳》中男性本不是劉向寫作的重點,故在劉向的心目中,一個理想的王教社會,仍然是以男主女從為其組成基調;而一個能善盡輔佐職分,又甘居從屬地位的女性,才是他所稱許的。
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      Women and Gender StudiesHan Dynasty
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Constructed Worlds 􏰀􏰁􏰂􏰃 通都大邑
Borders and Liminalities 􏰄􏰅􏰆􏰇 四海為家
Inside Out 􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋 禮尚往來
Cosmos+Polis= 􏰌􏰍􏰎天下?
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      Chinese StudiesSinologyCosmopolitanismTang Dynasty
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      Chinese StudiesChinese BuddhismTang DynastyChinese Art
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      Intellectual HistoryChinese PhilosophyHan DynastyChinese Classics and Historiography
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      Art HistoryChinese StudiesChinese ArtChinese archaeology
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      XinjiangChinese archaeologyHan DynastyArchaeology of Xinjiang
This article focused on monetary system in the Early Han Dynasty.
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      Economic HistoryChinese history (History)Han DynastyHistory of Currency
Heqin和亲 policy, also known as “peace through kinship”, refers to historical agreements, that which has been established with peoples and nomadic empires living in the North of China during and after the Han Dynasty. The main aim of the... more
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      Diplomatic HistoryTang DynastyChina studiesChinese history (History)
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      ArchaeologyChinese PhilosophyZhuangziChinese Studies
The physical nature of the acupuncture meridian system is currently the subject of enquiry. The original structural descriptions of the meridian system contained in the Huangdi Neijing, the ancient Chinese medical text also known as the... more
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      Functional AnatomyHuman Anatomy (Biological Anthropology)Anatomical illustrationHistory of Anatomy
Cang Jie pian was an elementary-education textbook of the Qin and Han periods. Lost for nearly a thousand years, scholars knew it only through quotations in received texts. In 1977, a fragmented copy of Cang Jie pian dated to the early... more
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      SinologyChinese PhilologyHan DynastyExcavated Texts
Recent archeobotanical work has shed light on prehistoric food globalization across the Eurasian landmass; however, much less research has focused on the foodways of the historical cities and settlements found throughout Central Asia on... more
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      ArchaeobotanyChinese archaeologyHan Dynasty
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      Manuscript StudiesAncient Chinese TextsEarly ChinaHan Dynasty
鑑戒畫是中國古代人物畫中一個重要的題材,雖然唐代以前的傳世畫作已經非常稀少,但藉由出土的墓葬美術,仍能從中一窺古代人物鑑戒畫的表現手法及使用方式。本文以東漢的武氏祠及北魏的元謐石棺為例,討論鑑戒畫當中的孝子圖像一類。孝子圖像何以從原本武氏祠中複雜的鑑戒圖像中殘留到元謐石棺的圖像表現,而沒有隨之消失。其原因可能在於,孝子圖像背後蘊含的孝行思維,剛好與當時推崇孝道的狀態相符,然而在外來宗教的影響之下,孝子圖像逐漸加入外來文化的神異思想,其神異思想的功能從後世子孫對現世的需求,轉而... more
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      Chinese ArtSix DynastiesChinese paintingHan Dynasty
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      Chinese PhilosophyChinese StudiesConfucianismHan Dynasty
(本論文發表於第二屆世界漢學中的《史記》學國際研討會,佛光大學,2011年) “‘Mosquitoes’ or ‘Untitled nobility’ : Wealthy merchants in the eyes of Han dynasty historians”, communication given during the "Second Conference on The Shiji in International Sinology", FoGuang... more
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      Chinese StudiesSinologyConfucianismHan Dynasty
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      Gender StudiesArt HistoryChinese StudiesSinology
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      History of LinguisticsChinese PhilosophyHistory of Linguistic ThoughtChinese Philology
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      Comparative HistoryWorld HistoryRoman EmpireDecline and Fall of the Western Empire
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      GeoarchaeologyChinaHan DynastyYellow River
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      Chinese StudiesUrban HistoryArchitectural HistoryChinese archaeology
This thesis uses historical analysis to examine the memory of the Yellow Turban Rebellion 184 CE in the works of elite Chinese from the Late Han dynasty to the Ming dynasty. The Yellow Turban Rebellion was the catalyst that led to the end... more
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      DaoismHistoriographyHistorical memoryChinese history (History)
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      Chinese ReligionsSinologyFunerary ArchaeologyEast Asian Archaeology
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      Chinese history (History)Han Dynasty
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      Han DynastyChinese History /Han Dynasty/ArchaeologyHan dynasty culture, Confucian apocrypha (chenwei), formation of medieval Daoism
This paper challenges conventional views of a rise in aristocratic power in Late Antiquity. I argue that, far from giving senatorial families more independence from state institutions, emperors managed to reduce the power of the... more
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      Roman HistoryComparative HistoryState FormationEarly Medieval History
Short paper about Zhang Heng 張衡 (78-139) life and works.
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      Chinese StudiesHistory of ScienceChinaChina studies
Falconry has been practiced in China for nearly two thousand years, but its early history is obscured by a lack of visual, textual, and archaeological materials. Falconry first appears in visual and textual records dating to the Eastern... more
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      Sports HistoryHan DynastyFalconry
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      Chinese ArtChinese CalligraphyMaterial CultureHan Dynasty
What reasons can be determined for the presence of Han dynasty míngqì (明器) in South African museums? What can these objects reveal about histories of collecting and curatorial policy in these institutions? What can the objects tell us... more
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      ArchaeologyMuseum StudiesCultural HeritageMaterial Culture Studies
從東漢到三國之間,學風及思想多元發展,而曹魏一代風氣更牽涉儒法思想發展所產生之制度面議題。從學術史看,曹魏學術的建構的確繼承了漢末思潮而有所轉進,其政權與知識份子的性格、社會文化的背景亦存在著經學理想和現實意義的需求。其中,「法律儒家化」的影響更明白地反映了曹魏政權所關注的權力機制。藉由曹魏「法治」與「經術」、「刑律」與「禮治」做一考察,將有助於釐清「思想」和「制度」二者在曹魏學術轉進中所代表的深層意義。只是從漢末到魏晉,在學術「典範」在轉移的過程中,前人安於故習,對曹魏學術... more
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      Chinese Legal HistoryHan DynastyThree Kingdoms PeriodPenalty
An examination of the reality of the Qin unification of writing. Judging from contemporary material, the whole idea of unifying writing and making it an orthographically consistent system was most likely not a Qin invention but a... more
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      Chinese StudiesSinologyOrthographyChinese Writing
Confucianism triumphed over the other "Hundred Schools" during the Han Dynasty and became the official philosophy of China because it best met the administrative and philosophical needs of the imperial government. The Confucian ideology... more
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      ChinaConfucianismHan Dynasty
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      Chinese PhilosophyChinese StudiesMaterial Culture StudiesChinese Religions
Kişilerin, kurumların ya da devletlerin birbirleri arasında yaptığı alım satım olarak tanımlanan ticaretin tarihi neredeyse insanlık tarihi kadar eskidir. Asya Hun Devleti'nin tarih sahnesine çıktığı yıllara gelindiğinde ticaret... more
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      Hsiung-nu HistoryHan DynastyIktisat TarihiGenel Türk Tarihi
Both Western and Chinese intellectuals have long derided filial piety tales as an absurd and grotesque variety of children’s literature. Selfless Offspring offers a fresh perspective on the genre, revealing the rich historical worth of... more
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      Ancient HistoryCultural HistoryChinese PhilosophyGender History
本文從文本和圖像資料出發以研究自宋以降漢族與少數民族政權對王朝正統性的不同闡釋。自秦以降,中國王朝多以五行相生來解釋本朝取代前朝的正統性,並同時以五行理論的五行與五色的對應關係來選擇王朝的服色,如宋朝取火運以繼後周之木德,並服色尚赤。... more
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      Legitimacy and AuthorityChinese PhilosophyChinese StudiesEurasian Nomads
Equestrian equipment during the Hun-Sarmatian period was extremely diverse. Scythian-type pad saddles maintained their popularity until the 2nd century but new types of soft saddles also appeared, both Parthian and Roman. Wooden... more
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      Han DynastyParthiansSarmatiansXiongnu archaelogy
Dancers and dancing performances were among the most popular motifs in Han dynasty period funerary reliefs. Clay figurines and jade plaques representing dancers were also often placed in the graves of members of Chinese aristocracy. As we... more
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      Chinese StudiesChinese ArtHan Dynasty
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      Shang Dynasty (Archaeology)Western Zhou Dynasty (Archaeology)Early ChinaHan Dynasty
This article examines how dynasties applied the Five Elements theory in their respective legitimation discourses throughout the history of imperial China. Drawing on both documentary and visual sources, I reveal that the Liao, Jin, and... more
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      Legitimacy and AuthorityTang DynastyLegitimacyPolitical Legitimacy
In this paper I discuss the attested names of the so-called "Xiōngnú" in the context of Inner Asian naming practices. I conclude that the term "Xiōngnú" is almost certainly not a pre-existing ethnic term (Inner Asian dynastonyms almost... more
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      Inner Asian StudiesMongolian StudiesInner Asian HistoryCentral Eurasian Studies
The Rhetoric and Ritual of Celestial Signs in Early Imperial China investigates the circulation of signs such as planets in retrograde motion, comets, oddly-shaped clouds, inclement weather, and rainbows in the Western Han (206 BCE–8 CE)... more
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      History of AstronomyHan Dynasty
Tombs of the kings of the Western Han dynasty (202 B.c.e.–9 c.e.) often contain burial items that are related to the material culture of the Eastern Eurasian Steppe. These artifacts are usually interpreted in a general sense, for instance... more
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      Reciprocity (Social and Cultural Anthropology)Eurasian NomadsArchaeological TheoryChinese archaeology
Much has been said and written about “The Silk Road” since Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen coined the phrase in 1877. Fostered by spectacular discoveries by so-called “explorers” such as Sir Aurel Stein, Paul Pelliot, Sven Hedin and... more
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      Chinese PhilosophyChinese StudiesChinese ReligionsChinese Buddhism