Tang empire, 742 AD [MAP]
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, Apr 07 2010 01:10 PM
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Posted 07 April 2010 - 01:10 PM
I found this great map of the Tang dynasty in Perspectives on the T'ang by Denis Twitchett et al. It was so great I copied it and then scanned it into my computer. As you can see, it even shows the post roads. It doesn't include the western regrions, unfortunately. The information is the same as the map in The Cambridge History of China, but this one is better quality.
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Posted 11 April 2010 - 12:44 AM
It is very good, thank you. I particularly like the demographic information.
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Posted 11 April 2010 - 01:12 AM
I can see that it was divided into prefectures 州, especially since Ningbo and Zhoushan were one prefecture called Mingzhou (明州), or how Shaoxing used to be called Yuezhou (越州).
Reading Wade-Giles Romanization makes my head hurt, to be honest here. Would rather read Hanyu Pinyin romanization instead (it would help if there were Chinese characters identify the 'X-zhou').
Reading Wade-Giles Romanization makes my head hurt, to be honest here. Would rather read Hanyu Pinyin romanization instead (it would help if there were Chinese characters identify the 'X-zhou').
吳王夫差將伐齊，子胥曰：“不可。夫齊之與吳也，習俗不同，言語不通，我得其地不能處，得其民不得使。夫吳之與越也，接土鄰境，壤交通屬，習俗同，言語通，我得其地能處之，得其民能使之。”
─伍子胥 《知化》，《呂氏春秋》
─伍子胥 《知化》，《呂氏春秋》
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Posted 11 April 2010 - 01:42 AM
I can see that it was divided into prefectures 州, especially since Ningbo and Zhoushan were one prefecture called Mingzhou (明州), or how Shaoxing used to be called Yuezhou (越州).
Reading Wade-Giles Romanization makes my head hurt, to be honest here. Would rather read Hanyu Pinyin romanization instead (it would help if there were Chinese characters identify the 'X-zhou').
It came from an English-language book published in the 70s, I think, back when Wade-Giles was the romanization used. I hate Wade-Giles too, but after reading so many older books and articles, I more or less know it. Still, it's the best English-language Tang dynasty map I have found so far. I'm hoping in the future to modify this map, making the individual circuits different colors so the map will be easier to read.
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Posted 13 February 2011 - 10:11 PM
It came from an English-language book published in the 70s, I think, back when Wade-Giles was the romanization used. I hate Wade-Giles too, but after reading so many older books and articles, I more or less know it. Still, it's the best English-language Tang dynasty map I have found so far. I'm hoping in the future to modify this map, making the individual circuits different colors so the map will be easier to read.
Amazing Map! Thanks for posting it, John!
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Posted 14 February 2011 - 02:31 AM
Thanks for the amazing map 
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