Continuities and Disruptions: A Study of Literati in North China between Tang and Song Dynasties
Date Issued
2014
Date
2014
Author(s)
Hu, Yun-Wei
Abstract
The period from the ninth century to the middle of the tenth century in Chinese history marked a critical period as China evolved from the medieval to the early modern age. Dramatic changes in ideology were observed in political, social, economic, and cultural environments. During the Tang-Song transition, economic and cultural centers continued to move to the South and the once dominant Northern scholar societies that originally made up the regional hubs gradually dwindled. Current studies of the Tang and Song Dynasties have generally placed greater importance on the Southern regions than the North regions. In addition, the connections between the late Tang and early Song Dynasties were more extensively studied than the Five Dynasties and the Song Dynasty. Moreover, images and information of the Northern Communities during the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties remain deficient.
Therefore, the Northern scholars were carefully studied in this study. Their imperial examination participation, composition structure, and cultural expressions during the mid and late Tang Dynasty as well as the Five Dynasties were examined. The scholar communities remained the most influential and their reconstruction attempts during the changing process were investigated. Contrary to previous studies that primarily emphasized the changes from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, this study attempted to bridge the current gap in history by focusing on the discussion of the traditional factors. The framework of this study comprised a topic discussion and a regional case study section. The topic discussion section consisted of three areas, which were the upsurge in imperial examination participation, changes in scholar structure, and cultural development movements. For the regional case study section, two diametrically opposite regions, namely the Hebei and the Hedong regions, were selected for us to gain a comprehensive, in-depth understanding of the Northern regional societies.
The Northern China between Tang and Song Dynasties are an area characterized by scant related literature and lost information. In this study, related Northern scholar community activities were explored in our topic discussion and regional case study sections. The heterogeneous development context of the historical sites was clarified and the historical continuities or disruptions were also observed.
Subjects
唐宋變革
科舉
新興階層
士人文化
河北
河東
Type
thesis
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