An analysis of Six Dynasties (220-589) tombs from the Yangzi middle region (Hubei, Hunan and Jiangxi provinces)

长江中游地区（湖北、湖南、江西）六朝（220-589）墓葬分析

• 批准号: 290606957
• 负责人: Dr. Annette Kieser
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Institut für Sinologie und Ostasienkunde
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2015-12-31 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/290606957?language=en
• 关键词: analysis; Six; Dynasties; 220; 589

The past decades have seen a change of paradigm in Chinese archaeological research from focusing on cultural centers towards investigating individual regions. The results broaden our knowledge based on handed down historiography. For the time of the Six Dynasties (220 to 589), when the former unified empire was fragmented into several states, some under non-Chinese rule, a different approach not focusing on the center appears to be a very fruitful one. Especially the southern capital Jiankang (modern Nanjing) dominates as political and cultural heartland in the dynastic histories and is therefore in the focus of research until today. It is getting more and more evident, however, that especially the Yangzi middle region was of crucial importance to the history of the Six Dynasties. This was a populous zone of migration and interaction, where social groups different from the ones in the capital region were active. These were embattled regions close to the border, of high economic, political and military importance due to their strategic location at trade routes and traffic networks. In this region secondary centers evolved that often rivaled the capital Jiankang. By use of a systematic analysis of the material remains the project aims to broaden and reevaluate the picture of the Yangzi middle region (modern provinces of Hubei, Hunan, and Jiangxi), mainly reconstructed through historical sources and so far in the shadow of the research focusing on Jiankang. The project is based on archaeologically excavated Six Dynasties tombs from this region. Core questions in this regard are: In what ways does the archaeological evidence broaden the picture reconstructed from the written sources? Are the strategic region, social tensions as well as political development mirrored in the archaeological material? What can be deducted from an analysis of the burial culture of parts of the elite in a region shaped by such diverse tensions as outlined? The project will electronically collect and analyze the data presented in the excavation reports. Taking into account the written sources, the results will be put into historical context. Tombs from other southern regions, especially around the capital, will be used as reference material. This data has already been made accessible in a database compiled by the applicant. Aim of the project is to incorporate the archaeological evidence of the Yangzi middle regions into the handed-down picture of the history of the South during the Six Dynasties, and also an independent description of the burial culture of this area. The results will be published as a monograph.

在过去的几十年里，中国考古学研究的范式发生了变化，从关注文化中心转向研究个别地区。这一结果拓宽了我们对传世史学的认识。在六朝时期（220年至589年），统一的帝国分裂成几个国家，有些国家在非汉人的统治下，一种不以中心为中心的不同方法似乎是非常有成效的。尤其是南府建康（今南京），在历代王朝史上占据着政治、文化中心的地位，至今仍是研究的焦点。然而，尤其是长江中游地区在六朝史上的重要性，却越来越明显。这是一个人口流动和相互作用的地区，与首都地区不同的社会群体活跃在这里。这些都是靠近边境的四面楚歌的地区，由于其在贸易路线和交通网络上的战略位置，具有高度的经济、政治和军事重要性。在这一地区，次级中心逐渐形成，往往可以与首都建康相媲美。通过对材料遗迹的系统分析，该项目旨在扩大和重新评估长江中游地区（现代湖北，湖南和江西省）的图景，主要通过历史来源重建，迄今为止，在以建康为重点的研究的阴影下。该项目是基于考古发掘的六朝墓葬从这个地区。这方面的核心问题是：考古证据以何种方式扩大了从书面来源重建的画面？考古材料中是否反映了战略区域、社会紧张局势以及政治发展？在一个由上述各种紧张关系塑造的地区，从对部分精英的埋葬文化的分析中可以推断出什么？该项目将以电子方式收集和分析挖掘报告中提供的数据。考虑到书面资料，结果将被置于历史背景中。来自南方其他地区的墓葬，特别是首都周围的墓葬，将被用作参考材料。这些数据已经可以在申请方编制的数据库中查阅。该项目的目的是将长江中游地区的考古证据纳入六朝南方历史的传世画卷中，并对该地区的墓葬文化进行独立的描述。结果将作为专著出版。