chang-an-26-bce-an-augustan-age-in-china-edited-by-michael-nylan

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1、216BookReviews.Chang’an26BCE:AnAugustanAgeinChina.EditedbyMICHAELNYLANandGRIETVANKEERBER-GHEN.Seattle:UniversityofWashingtonPress,2014.656pp.$70(cloth).REVIEWEDBYCHARLESSANFT,UniversityofTennessee,Knoxville(charlessanft@gmail.com)doi:10.1017/jch.2016.1

2、3Ittakesapotenteditorialvisiontocreateavolumeofconferencepapersthatmakesacoherentstate-ment,tosaynothingofactualarguments.MichaelNylanandGrietVankeerberghenhavesuc-ceededindoingthesethingswithChang’an26BCE:AnAugustanAgeinChina.Fromavarietyofstandpoints

3、,encompassinghighleveldiscussionandthefinestdetail,Chang’an26https://www.cambridge.org/core/termsBCEdemonstratesthatthereignofHanEmperorCheng(r.33–7BCE)wasatimeofgreatmomentinpoliticalthoughtandactivity,inreligion,andinintellectuallife.EmperorCheng’sre

4、ignisoftentreatedinanoff-handmanner,moreorlessaspartofasupposeddownwardslideoftheWesternHanfromthemartialgloryofEmperorWu(141–87BCE)totheusurpationoftheLiurulinghousebyWangMang(r.9–23CE)in9CE.NylanandVankeerberghenleavenodoubtthatthispictureisflawed.Th

5、eresultisavolumethatissimultaneouslyvariedandcohesive.TherearenineteenpapersinChang’an26BCE,plusNylan’sintroductionandpostface.TogethertheypresentanincontrovertibleargumentfortheimportanceofEmperorCheng’sreign,andthecentralpositionoftheWesternHancapita

6、lChang’anbothassettingandasrecord.Ashortreviewwouldbehard-pressedtotreatsolargeanumberofcomponentsectionseffectively.Forthatreason,andbecauseofthevolume’scohesiveness,Iwilltreatthebookmoreorlessasasingleworkandtalkaboutwhatitsaysasawholeratherthanexami

7、ningeachauthor’sindividualcontributionsassuch.ThecapitalChang’anwasthephysicallocationoftheemperor’scourtandthecenterofmuchoftheactioninthisbook.Chang’an26BCEoffersawealthofdetailonitsnamesake,itsphysical,subjecttotheCambridgeCoretermsofuse,availableat

8、characteristics,itsdevelopmentsovertime,thesocialinterrelationshipbetweenitspopulationandtheirlivingareas,andthemonumentalconstructionprojectsinandaroundit.RomeisofcoursethetouchstoneforametropolisinEuropeanantiquity.Acomparisonbetweent