Dynamic Interpretation of Early Cities in Ancient China

Introduction Is there no capital city without a city wall? The different designations and meanings of the term "city" The city and the city siteThe city and the capital city The city and the outer city The palace city and the imperial city How did everyone say Yu Weichao: the Eastern Zhou and the two Han dynasties as one big stage Xu Pingfang: the epochal change brought by the capitals from the Qin and Han dynastiesYang Kuan: the two Han dynasty capitals without outer city Liu Qingzhu: The form of the Qin and Han dynasty capitals and the time lag-theory About the shape of the outer city From the literature perspective: large city without a city wall
I. The time after the Wei and Jin dynasties - City wall and grid-pattern The Wei-Jin period to the Sui and Tang dynasties Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
II. The capital cities of the Qin and Han dynasties and their environs - The domineering empires Chang'an in the Western Han dynasty: the distinction between inner and outer cityInner or outer city There is no enclosed area outside of the inner city Orientation and axis Tracing the origin of design ideasThe Qin dynasty capital Xianyang: with or without city wall The Eastern Han dynasty city of Luoyang: the last capital without fortification
III. Times of Unrest - The city of the Eastern Zhou dynasty The Inner and outer city of the Spring and Autumn period Qufu - Capital of the Lu State Linzi - Capital of the Qi State Xinzheng - Capital of the Zheng State The Inner and outer city standing side by side in the Warring States period Linze - Capital of the Qi State Handan - Capital of the Zhao State Qufu - Capital of the Lu State Xinzheng - Capital of the Han State The lower capital of the state of Yan Eastern Zhou dynasty Wangcheng and Chengzhou Ji'nan - Capital of the Chu State The Qin state capital city Yong
IV. Three Generations of Capitals The remains of unfortified cities from the Spring and Autumn period Eastern Zhou dynasty capital Wangcheng Xintian - Capital of the Jin stateJi'nan - Capital of the Chu State Yong - Capital of the Qin State Western Zhou Dynasty: Within the borders of the four foreign peoples Zhouyuan Fenghao Luoyi Qufu and Linzi Yinxu: the era of cities without walls Huanbei City (square moat (fang hao))Huannan Dayi Erligang: Two Hundred Years of Royal Inner and Outer City Zhengzhou City Xiaoshuangqiao Yanshi city Capital cities in the periphery Erlitou: The beginning of unfortified cities Erlitou From a city wall to ring moat Conclusion: The Great Central Axis

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