A Study of the Oppressive Officials in the Western Han Dynasty from the Perspective of Legal History ShuiHuDi

2020 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 29-63
Author(s):  
Chun Cai Tian
Keyword(s):  
Legal History ◽  
Han Dynasty ◽  
Western Han Dynasty

scholarly journals Relationship between climate change and wars between nomadic and farming groups from the Western Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty period

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 3567-3595
Author(s):  
Y. Su ◽  
L. Liu ◽  
X. Q. Fang ◽  
Y. N. Ma
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Tang Dynasty ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Solid Material ◽  
Han Dynasty ◽  
The South ◽  
Central Plains ◽  
Western Han Dynasty ◽  
The Tang Dynasty ◽  
Background Climate

Abstract. In ancient China, the change in regional agriculture and animal husbandry productivity caused by climate change led to either wars or peaceful relations between nomadic and farming groups. From the Western Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty there were 367 wars between the two groups. The nomadic people initiated 69 % of the wars, but 62.4 % were won by the farmers. On a 30 year-period timescale, warm climates corresponded to a high incidence of wars. The conflicts between the nomadic and farming groups took place in some areas which are sensitive to climate change. During the cold periods, the battlefields were mostly in the southern regions. The main causes which leading to the above results are following: (1) warm climate provided a solid material foundation for nomadic and farming groups, especially contributed to improve the productivity of nomadic group; meanwhile, the excessive desire for essential means of subsistence in nomadic group could led to wars. (2) During the cold periods, people of farming group moved to the south and construct the south, meanwhile, nomadic group occupied the central plains, thus the battlefields also changed. As the background, climate change plays an indirect role in wars between groups.

The excavation of the burial M8 at the Zhoujiazhai Cemetery in Suizhou, Hubei

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-114 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Han Dynasty ◽  
Hubei Province ◽  
Ancient China ◽  
Western Han Dynasty ◽  
Bamboo Slips ◽  
Lower Ranking ◽  
Game Board ◽  
Grave Goods

Abstract The burial M8 excavated at the Zhoujiazhai Cemetery in Suizhou City, Hubei Province in 2014 was a vertical earthen shaft pit burial with one coffin chamber and one coffin. The grave goods unearthed from this burial were mainly lacquered and wooden wares, including flask, eared cup, lian-cosmetic case, figurines, bi-disc, ladder-shaped object, T-shaped object, liubo-game board, bamboo case, etc. The occupant of this burial is estimated to be a lower-ranking official in the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty. In the bamboo case unearthed from the burial, ink-written “gaodishu (letter informing the underground)” on wooden tablets are found, and hundreds of bamboo slips with text of“ rishu (almanac) ” were also unearthed, which are significantly meaningful for the studies on the rishu of the Qin and Han Dynasties and the date-selecting system in ancient China.

The Singim Cemetery in Turfan City

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Han Dynasty ◽  
Metal Artifacts ◽  
Western Han Dynasty ◽  
Wheat Seeds ◽  
Grave Goods

AbstractIn 2007 through 2008, Academia Turfanica of Xinjiang excavated 30 burials at the Singim Cemetery. These burials can be classified into three types: rectangular shaft pit burials with ledges, rectangular shaft pit burials without ledges, and rectangular shaft burials with side rooms. Their grave goods consist of wooden wares, pottery wares, metal artifacts, leather and wool goods, silk garments; well-preserved mummified corpses and wheat seeds are also unearthed. The burial types, unearthed grave goods, and 14C data indicate that these burials date to between 2050 and 2200 BP, which overlapped with the Western Han Dynasty.

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