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Introduction to the Urban History of China

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Authors:
  1. Chonglan Fu

    1. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China

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  2. Wenming Cao

    1. Criminology College, People’s Public Security University of China, Beijing, China

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  • Examines how China’s urban development reflects the country's culture and philosophy
  • Showcases the traditional culture which underpins the emergence of cities in modern China
  • Examines the traditional Chinese concepts of yin and yang, bagua, and the Wu Xing

Part of the book series: China Connections (CC)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxiii
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  3. The Evolutionary History of Chinese Cities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. The Origin of Ancient Chinese Cities

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      Pages 53-62

    3. Cradle of Chinese Urban Culture

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      Pages 63-70

    4. Urban Development of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the System of Enfeoffment

      • Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao
      Pages 71-78

    5. Urban Development Over the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods

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      Pages 79-90

    6. Xianyang—The First Major City of Feudal State Power in Chinese History

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      Pages 91-99

    7. Chang’an—A Capital City Originating from a Village

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      Pages 101-112

    8. The Evolvement and Development of Luoyang

      • Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao
      Pages 113-117

    9. Capitals and Landscapes of the Three Kingdoms

      • Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao
      Pages 119-127

    10. South-Ascending and North-Descending Phenomenon in Urban Development in Northern Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties

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      Pages 129-156

    11. Daxing City—The National Unified Centrum of Water Resources

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      Pages 157-162

    12. Chang’an and the Grand Canal of the Tang Dynasty

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      Pages 163-184

    13. Cities During the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms Period, and the Turning Point of Chinese Urban History

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      Pages 185-196

    14. Prosperity of the Capital City Kaifeng and the Bian River

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      Pages 197-212
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China

    Chonglan Fu

  • Criminology College, People’s Public Security University of China, Beijing, China

    Wenming Cao

About the authors

Chonglan Fu is a Research Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and has served successively as the Director of the Institute for Urban and Environmental Studies at CASS, the Director of the Urban Development Department of CASS Graduate School, and Professor at the Department of Sociology of GSCASS. He is also a member of the Urban Planning Society of China, Dean of the Institute of Modern Urban-Rural Development Planning of CASS and member of the Beijing Municipality Specialist Counsel Body. 

Wenming Cao is an Associate Professor of the People's Public Security University of China, China. After attending Shandong Normal University's Department of History and the Department of Politics and Law, he started work in 1995 at the Shangdong Annal Compilation Office compiling provincial annals. In 2005, he was awarded a degree of Doctor of Laws from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Introduction to the Urban History of China

  • Authors: Chonglan Fu, Wenming Cao

  • Translated by: Qinggang Zhang

  • Series Title: China Connections

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8207-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Social Sciences Academic Press 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8206-2Published: 15 August 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8209-3Published: 16 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-8207-9Published: 25 July 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2662-7868

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-7876

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXIII, 385

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Urban History, History of China, Urban Studies/Sociology

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