Imperial Decision-making and Communication in Early China: A Study of Cai Yong's DuduanOtto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2006 - 367 Seiten The emerging Chinese empire was faced with a dilemma typical for empires, be they Roman, Mesopotamian, or Carolingian. The realm was "won on horseback, but could not be ruled from horseback," as an advisor of the Han dynasty put it. Military conquest had to be buttressed by a convincing legitimation of the supreme rule, including certain forms of power sharing, as well as by the establishment of a courtly protocol and a bureaucracy that provided for both a smooth operation of government and checks and balances. Here, the communication to and from the imperial court attained a crucial role. This study identifies the characteristics of different types of documents - imperial edicts as well as memorials, petitions, etc. - that helped to shape imperial policies. It contrasts a classification of documents by the famous intellectual Cai Yong (second century A.D.) with the remnants of courtly communication in the received sources and is able for the first time to make sense of the terse explanations that have long baffled historians of ancient China. |
Inhalt
Acknowledgements | 1 |
The Dúduan | 24 |
in AD 75 | 195 |
The Edicts | 201 |
Conclusion | 299 |
Abbreviations and Conventions | 313 |
Official Titles During the Hàn Period | 329 |
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中文槪要 | 363 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Academia Sinica actually Beijing bião Bielenstein Cài Yōng Cài Yong's capital capital punishment cèshu chén chief minister chief prosecutor Chinese cited commentary communication council members CSJC decision decision instructs diplomas director discussed documents Dúduàn dùnshou dynasty editions Eight Skilled Gentlemen emperor Liú empress eunuchs evidence examples executive council Făng Former Hàn formula Fukui gùshì Han Dynasty Hàn period Hàn Wèi Hàn záshì histories historiographical sources Hóng Huò imperial instructions imperial secretariat jièshū Latter Hàn Loewe Lú Wénchão mèisi memorials Miscellanea Ōba official carriages palace Péi petitions presentations qing qishou quotation quoted Rafe de Crespigny references SBCK secretaries shàng shàngshu shū Sīmă Sòng submissions submitted Táiběi term throne translation vassal kings Wáng Wang Guìhăi wén xià yán Ying Shào Yong Yōng's Yuán Yuán Shào zhāng zhào zhàoshū zhì zhishū zhizhào Zhōnghuá Zhōu zòu