Han Fu and Han Dynasty Institutions (Taking the Capital, Hunting, and Rituals as Examples)

Author: Cao Shenggao
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: Han Fu and Han Dynasty Institutions—Taking the Capital, Imperial Hunts, and Rituals as Examples opens up a research space at the intersection of Han Fu and Han Dynasty institutions. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, it selects three aspects—capital institutions, imperial hunt institutions, and ritual institutions—to explore and elaborate in detail from multiple perspectives, including literary history, institutional history, political history, intellectual history, technological history, folk history, and archaeology, thereby further expanding the study of Han Fu. The paper's topic holds high academic value, with thorough arguments, a well-structured layout, rigorous logic, broad perspectives, fluent writing, and a demonstration of a pragmatic and innovative research attitude as well as solid expertise. Although research on Han Fu has made significant progress compared to a decade ago, most works still analyze and evaluate Han Fu in isolation without exploring it from a broader perspective. Han Fu and Han Dynasty Institutions goes beyond literature itself, using abundant historical materials to substantiate the narratives and descriptions in Han Fu. Starting from the text of Han Fu, it cautiously examines and explores the details of several Han Dynasty institutions, bridging the disciplines of literature and history, and achieving a comprehensive understanding. Among these, the discussion on the social background behind the rise of Eastern Han capital Fu holds a certain theoretical depth; the examination of Han Dynasty imperial hunt institutions based on detailed descriptions in Han Fu supplements previously overlooked details of the system; and the analysis of the evolution of Han Dynasty ritual institutions as reflected in Han Fu also demonstrates innovative insights.