Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Bronze Weapons of the Qin Terracotta Warriors: Standardisation, craft specialisation and labour organisation

Author:
Xiuzhen Li

Publication Year: 
July 2020

Publisher:
British Archaeological Reports (Oxford) Limited





Abstract: 
Over 40,000 lethal bronze weapons were discovered with thousands of terracotta warriors in the tomb complex of the Qin First Emperor (259-210 BC). This book carries out the first systematic and comprehensive study on these weapons to investigate the mass production and labour organisation in early imperial China.  The research draws upon extensive measurements, typological analysis and related statistical treatment, as well as a study of the spatial distribution of the bronze weapons. A combination of metrical and spatial data is used to assess the degree of standardisation of the weapons’ production, and to evaluate the spatial patterns in the array of the Terracotta Army. This provides further information about the labour organisation behind the production, transportation and placement of weapons as they were moved from the workshop and/or arsenal to the funeral pits. Integrating these insights with inscriptions, tool marks, and chemical analysis, this book fills a gap in the study of mass production, the behaviour of craftspeople, and related imperial logistical organisation in the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC), marking the most crucial early stage in Chinese political unification.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Approaches to Standardisation and Labour Organisation
3. Methodology
4. Inscriptions on the Weapons
5. Bronze Triggers
6. Bronze Arrows
7. Bronze Ferrules and Long Weapons
8. Discussion and Conclusions

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Chinese Studies in History , Volume 53, Issue 3 (2020): Dunhuang on the Silk Road: A Hub of Eurasian Cultural Exchange



Table of Contents:

Article 研究論文

Dunhuang on the Silk Road: A hub of Eurasian cultural exchange—Introduction
Huaiyu Chen  &  Q. Edward Wang
陳懷宇、王晴佳:導論

Mani and the Messiah in the Record of the Dharma-Jewel through the Generations—The origins of Manichean and Nestorian elements in Tibetan texts
Rong Xinjiang
榮新江:《歷代法寶記》中的末曼尼和彌師訶:兼談吐蕃文獻中的摩尼教和景教因素的來歷

A reexamination of the reasons for the closure of the Dunhuang Library Cave
Sha Wutian
沙武田:敦煌藏經洞封閉原因再探

The cult of the Cintāmaṇi: The nature and context of the Dunhuang manuscript P. 4518 (10)
Huaiyu Chen
陳懷宇:摩尼寶珠崇拜:試論敦煌出土P. 4518 (10) 紙本畫頁之性質及其背景

On the development of Buddhist scripture illustration form and function from Dunhuang Buddhist texts and murals
Zheng Acai
鄭阿財:從敦煌佛教文獻、壁畫論佛經繪圖形式與功能之發展

On the origin and presentation of images of traveling Buddhist monks on pilgrimage for sutras with tame tigers in the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes
Zhou Xiaoping
周曉萍:敦煌莫高窟行僧取經伏虎圖像之源起與表現研究

Infractions of moral precepts by monks and nuns in the Buddhist community of Dunhuang during the late-Tang and Five Dynasties period—The case of alcohol drinking
Zheng Binglin  &  Wei Yingchun
鄭炳林、魏迎春:晚唐五代敦煌佛教教團僧尼違戒:以飲酒為中心的探討

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Early China 43 (2020) 《古代中國》第43期

 


Table of Contents:
Letter from the Editor
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Sarah Allan 
主編的信
艾蘭

Articles
QIAN 謙 IN EARLY CHINESE THOUGHT
Doil Kim 
中國古代思想中的“謙”
金渡鎰

A DREAM OF THE SELF: IDENTITY IN THE “INNER CHAPTERS” OF THE ZHUANGZI
Matthew James Hamm
自我之夢:《莊子·內篇》中的“身份”問題
安天皓

REVEALING CONTINGENCY THROUGH SHUN'S 舜 ASCENSION TO THE THRONE
Youngsun Back
對舜即位故事的各種解釋和其“命”有關的研究
白英宣

CAPTURING THE WORLD IN WORDS: LATER MOHIST HERMENEUTIC THEORIES ON LANGUAGE AND DISPUTATION
Erica F. Brindley
以語言把握世界:後期墨家的語言與辯論的詮釋學理論
錢德樑
 
INTRODUCING THE *WU ZE YOU XING TU MANUSCRIPT FROM MAWANGDUI
Luke Waring
馬王堆《物則有形圖》概述
康路華

WHAT THE ELITES ACTUALLY WORE IN 500–300 B.C.E. CHINA: EVIDENCE FROM TEXTILES, BAMBOO, AND BRONZES
Kin Sum (Sammy) Li
公元前500-300年中國的精英穿甚麼:紡織物、竹器、銅器的證據
李建深

BIRDS AND BEASTS WERE MANY: THE ECOLOGY AND CLIMATE OF THE GUANZHONG BASIN IN THE PRE-IMPERIAL PERIOD
Brian Lander
禽獸衆:先秦時期關中盆地的生態與氣候
蘭德

WOMEN'S ROLE IN THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF ALCOHOL IN HAN CHINA AS REFLECTED IN TOMB ART FROM SICHUAN
Hajni Elias
四川漢墓藝術品裡所見漢代釀酒與販售中的女性角色
薛好佩

WANG CHONG'S FATALISM
Yunwoo Song
王充的宿命論
宋允宇

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