Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms

Contents

Contents List of Contributors v Introduction 1 Peter Lorge The Origins of This Volume 3 The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms as a Period 5 Conclusion and Beginning 10 Notes 12 Who Wants to Be an Emperor? Zhao Dejun 趙德鈞, Youzhou 幽州 and the Liao 遼 15 Naomi Standen Loyalty, Legitimacy and Historiography 17 A Different World 19 The Good and Faithful Servant 23 Surviving the Succession 30 Choices 32 Notes 41 Scoundrels, Rogues, and Refugees: The Founders of the Ten Kingdoms in the Late Ninth Century 47 Hugh R. Clark An Analytical Framework: Parsing Words 48 The Founders 51 Conclusions 67 Notes 70 5D10K_prelims_27Jun.indd 7 22/07/2011 5:23 PM viii · Contents Han Xizai (902–970): An Eccentric Life in Exciting Times 79 Johannes L. Kurz Han Xizai in the Twentieth Century 80 Early Career 81 Han Xizai’s Career under the First Southern Tang Emperor 82 Involvement in Politics 83 Private Life 86 Conclusion 92 Notes 93 Lessons from Paintings at the Periphery: The Murals from Baoshan Tomb 2 and Five Dynasties Art History 101 De-nin D. Lee Introduction 101 The Murals from Baoshan Tomb 2 102 Some Contexts for Art Historical Analysis and Interpretation 109 Lessons from Painting at the Periphery 114 Conclusion 117 Notes 119 “The Usurper’s Empty Names”: Spatial Organization and State Power in the Tang-Song Transition 125 Ruth Mostern Introduction 125 Territory and Authority in the Late Tang: A Geographical Perspective on the Rise of Provincial Power 128 Control over Territory during the Five Dynasties 132 Recreating an Empire 144 An Empire for a Continent: The Story of Guangnan 154 Conclusion 159 Notes 160 Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed: Local Style in the Architecture of Tenth-Century China 167 Tracy Miller 5D10K_prelims_27Jun.indd 8 22/07/2011 5:23 PM Contents · ix Something Old: Tang Architecture in Shanxi and Its Legacy in the Tenth Century 169 Something New? Tenth-Century Architecture in China’s Southeast 195 Something Borrowed: Architecture and Cultural Politics 208 Conclusion 213 Notes 214 The End of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 223 Peter Lorge The Later Zhou Dynasty (951–960) 225 Song Taizu and the Founding of the Song Dynasty 227 Song Taizong and the Foundation of Song Culture 232 Song Zhenzong and the Creation of Song Imperial Culture 234 Song Zhenzong and the Dawn of Song Imperial Culture 238 Conclusion 240 Notes 242 Chronology of Dynasties, Kingdoms and States 243 Index 245 5D10K_prelims_27Jun.indd 9 22/07/2011 5:23 PM 5D10K_prelims_27Jun.indd 10 22/07/2011 5:23 PM ...