Tang Studies (Volume 11)

Author: Edited by Rong Xinjiang
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Publication Date: 2005-12-01
Features: Tang Studies is a major academic annual edited by Professor Rong Xinjiang. Volume 11, as a special issue on "Social Mobility and Social Order in the Tang and Song Dynasties," is co-edited by Deng Xiaonan and Rong Xinjiang. This volume brings together discussions on various aspects of social change in the Tang and Song dynasties, including: Zhang Guangda's Naito Konan's Theory of Tang-Song Transformation and Its Influence; Liu Pujiang's The View of the Five Dynasties under the Theory of Orthodoxy; Deng Xiaonan's "Ancestral Stories" and Song Dynasty's Baoxun and Shengzheng—A Discussion Based on Zhenguan Zhengyao; Liu Liyan's Social Mobility and Legal Culture in the Song Dynasty: The Legal Aspects of the Middle-Class Family?; Liu Jingzhen's The Image of Women in the Five Dynasties as Reflected in Official Histories and Tomb Inscriptions; Lei Wen's Changes in Local Temple Worship Policies During the Tang and Song Periods; Huang Kuanzhong's The Development and Transformation of Families in a Society—An Observation Focused on the Song Dynasty; Minohira Tatsuhiko's The Transition in the 9th Century—Taking Bai Juyi as an Example, and others, followed by a group of book review essays and new book reviews. This volume is a special issue that has recently focused on the Tang-Song transformation from a relatively new perspective, holding significant academic value.