1992 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Study on the Composition and Social Mobility of the Ruling Class in T'ang and Sung China
Project/Area Number |
03610186
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Asian history
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Research Institution | Fukushima University |
Principal Investigator |
YOSHIOKA Makoto Fukushima University Faculty of Education Assistant Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (70166916)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TERAJI Jun Hiroshima University Faculty of Literature Professor, 文学部, 教授 (60033487)
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Project Period (FY) |
1991 – 1992
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Keywords | T'ang China / Aristocracy / Funerary inscriptions / Stone rubbings / Sung China / Local Gazetteers / Local elite / Local Development |
Research Abstract |
In 1991-1992, investigators of this research project studied the composition and the social mobility of the ruling class in T'ang and Sung China. (1) Yoshioka makoto analyzed the social background of the important central government officials of the T'ang bureaucracy in early eighth century with the help of many T'ang funerary inscriptions, and published the annotated chronology of personnel composition of the T'ang bureaucracy in this period. (2) Teraji Jun discussed in detail local lineages and local development of Chinese gentry society in T'ai-chou Huang-yen-hsien with the help of new local gazetteers and funerary inscriptions in Sung China.
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