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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 TheNorthernandSouthernDynasties

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