1st Edition
Capital Cities and Urban Form in Pre-modern China Luoyang, 1038 BCE to 938 CE
By Victor Xiong
Copyright 2017
308 Pages
21 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
308 Pages
21 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
304 Pages
21 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Luoyang, situated in present-day Henan province, was one of the great urban centres of pre-Qin and early imperial China, the favoured site for dynastic capitals for almost two millennia. This book, the first in any Western language on the subject, traces the rise and fall of the six different capital cities in the region which served eleven different dynasties from the Western Zhou dynasty, when... Read more
Introduction
1. Genesis: From Luoyi to Wangcheng
2. Eastern Han Luoyang: The Imperial Capital
3. Towards a National Metropolis: Cao-Wei and Western Jin Luoyang
4. Rebirth and Destruction: Northern Wei Luoyang
5. The Sui Eastern Capital
6. Tang Luoyang I: A Historical Perspective
7. Tang Luoyang II: Physical Characteristics
8. Tang Luoyang III: The Inhabitants
9. Epilogue
Biography
Victor Cunrui Xiong is a Professor in the Department of History at Western Michigan University, US.
