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Knowing the Song Dynasty: Cities and Villages in the Song Dynasty (song Dynasty Research Essay Series)

Edited By Bao Weimin

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Each stage of development in the Chinese nation's civilization history of more than 5,000 years has its unique historical status, especially during the Song Dynasty. Our "Knowing the Song Dynasty" series aims to provide a convenient learning path for readers who have a certain foundation in literature and history and are interested in further understanding the history of the two Song Dynasties. The selected collection focuses on the two Song Dynasties and lists topics such as political system, monarchs and ministers, law, imperial examinations, military, cities and villages, currency, transportation, science and technology, Confucianism, literature, calligraphy and painting art, architecture, etc. The Song Dynasty can be described as the "dawn period" of modern China. Industry and commerce developed rapidly, urbanization deepened, and new forms of development emerged in cities and villages. This book displays the development of cities and villages in the Song Dynasty from five aspects: class groups, management systems, hierarchical distribution, production and exchange, and cultural overview. It analyzes the institutional, economic, cultural and other factors behind the urban and rural development in the two Song Dynasties, explores the deep-seated logic of Chinese social development, and has certain reference value for solving problems that arise in the contemporary urbanization process.