Introduction to the Urban History of China
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This book explores China’s urban development, examining the history and culture of Chinese cities and providing a cultural background to the rapid urban development of contemporary China. It offers a new perspective on Chinese urban history, showcasing the traditional culture which underpins the emergence of the modern city and highlighting how traditional Chinese philosophical thought is reflected in the culture of urban planning and architecture in China, notably examining such issues as ‘the integration of man and nature’, yin and yang, bagua, and the Wu Xing. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxiii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Resplendent Brilliance of Chinese Urban History in the World Urban History (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 3-4 The Geographical, Economical, Social and Cultural Background of the History of Chinese Urban Evolution (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 5-25 The Exploration of the Several Major Factors Affecting the Formation and Development of Chinese Cities (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 27-39 Theories and Methods to Study Chinese Urban History (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 41-49 Front Matter ....Pages 51-51 The Origin of Ancient Chinese Cities (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 53-62 Cradle of Chinese Urban Culture (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 63-70 Urban Development of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the System of Enfeoffment (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 71-78 Urban Development Over the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 79-90 Xianyang—The First Major City of Feudal State Power in Chinese History (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 91-99 Chang’an—A Capital City Originating from a Village (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 101-112 The Evolvement and Development of Luoyang (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 113-117 Capitals and Landscapes of the Three Kingdoms (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 119-127 South-Ascending and North-Descending Phenomenon in Urban Development in Northern Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 129-156 Daxing City—The National Unified Centrum of Water Resources (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 157-162 Chang’an and the Grand Canal of the Tang Dynasty (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 163-184 Cities During the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms Period, and the Turning Point of Chinese Urban History (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 185-196 Prosperity of the Capital City Kaifeng and the Bian River (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 197-212 Lin’an in Southern Song—A Great Convergence of Southern and Northern Cultures (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 213-230 Springing up of Cities of Liao, Jin and Western Xia and Transformation of the History of Minorities (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 231-248 Unprecedented Urban Development of the Yuan Dynasty (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 249-265 The Cities in the Ming Dynasty and the Germination of Capitalism (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 267-304 Transformation of Chinese Cities in the Early Qing Dynasty (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 305-347 The Urban Evolution in Modern Times (Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao)....Pages 349-360 Back Matter ....Pages 361-385
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