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The River, the Plain, and the State

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by Ling Zhang


  Emperor Gaozong, 280

  Emperor Huizong, 156– 159 , 160, 280

  Emperor Qinzong, 160, 280

  Emperor Renzong, 99– 100 1048 flooding during reign of, 1, 107– 110

  edict of 1055 proclaiming “Hebei is the root of All-Under-Heaven”, 246

  Qingli (Festive Era) reign, 84

  Qingli reforms, 98– 100 , 104– 105

  and the unsustainable growth of Hebei's military and the state's corrupt financial system, 98, 99– 100

  Emperor Shenzong, 146– 150 , 152, 154flooding during reign of, 149– 153

  governance. See Wang Anshi

  Emperor Shizong, 112

  Emperor Taizong, 56

  Emperor Taizu 972 edict, 120n22, 118– 121 , 124, 126, 128, 158

  attempt to conquer the Northern Han, 117

  and the demilitarization of the Song, 64, 117

  as hydraulic leader, 114, 115, 123– 124 , 133

  northward-flowing Yellow River advocated by, 125, 133, 143, 149

  and Tian Gao, 123– 124

  Emperor Wu, 31, 35, 128

  Emperor Zhenzong, 58, 126, 227n32, 232– 233

  Emperor Zhezong, 153, 155– 156 , 219, 276

  Empress Dowager Gao, 154

  environmental entities as actors, 6, 14, 15– 16 , 17– 19 , 205, 248– 249 Yellow River as, 37– 38 , 107– 110 , 132, 145– 146

  Song state as an environmental force, 8, 14, 67– 73 , 114

  See also climatic conditions; locust infestation; salt/salinization; sand; silt; trialectics among a river, a plain, and a state; Yellow River; Yellow River-Hebei environmental complex

  environmental world as a concept, 16n26

  and the role of non-human environmental entities, 17– 19 , 205, 248– 249

  and the Yellow River–Hebei environmental complex, 6, 9, 14– 15n24 , 16n26, 19, 40– 41 , 284– 290

  Europe Song fiscal administration compared with later European historical periods, 182

  Song's progress contrasted with Eurocentric notions of lineal history, 10, 54– 55

  Evans, Peter B., 19n31, 120– 121n22

  Evans, Peter, et al., 19n31, 120– 121n22

  Fan Chunren, 154, 174, 175

  Fan Zhen, 95

  Fan Zhongyan, 91, 99, 104

  Frank, Andre Gunder, 16n26, 18

  frontier ponds in Hebei 1048 flooding of, 142– 143

  and defensive tunnels, 65n20, 68, 68n25, 92, 256

  economic impact of, 168– 172

  environmental impact of, 67– 73 , 167– 168

  map of, 71illus8

  and rice cultivation, 69, 234

  size of, 72

  state management of, 80– 81 , 161– 167 , 169– 170 as a defensive system, 68– 73 , 162– 163 , 167

  and public access, 169– 171

  vegetation surrounding, 275– 276 , 278

  Fu Bi (prefect of Qingzhou), 3, 3n2, 98, 99, 104, 193, 246

  Gates, Hill, 10n13

  Golas, Peter J., 10n15, 96n33, 182n82–83, 183n86, 220n20, 186

  Gong Dingchen, 198

  Guantao County (southern Hebei), 267

  guojia, 90, 120– 121n22

  guwen movement, 90

  Han, Peng, 259– 260n34

  Han Qi, 98, 99, 104

  Hartman, Charles, 55n3, 62n14, 65n20, 82

  Hartwell, Robert M., 10– 11 , 18n28, 54n2, 62n14, 190n1

  He, Chengju, 69– 70 , 165, 168, 234

  He Tonghui and Wang Naiang, 32n14

  He Zhu, 201

  Hebei annual quota of vegetative materials demanded of, 274

  climate. See climatic conditions

  demographics, 189– 190 , 190t3, 204

  dependence on wood produced on the Loess Plateau, 185

  economic prosperity before 1048 flooding, 2, 10

  and the empire's core-periphery power structure, 6, 13– 14

  Song period proto-capitalist economy starting in the Song, 10, 86– 88

  ethnic hybridity and mixed social and cultural practices of, 43, 48– 49 , 49n43

  frontier ponds. See frontier ponds

  geography, 38– 39 , 40n27, 42as a land “north of the river”, 36

  early Song administrative districts, 59illus7

  geopolitics in the mid-eighth century, 46– 47

  geopolitics in the tenth century, 39illus5

  iron mining and smelting, 63, 63n15, 268, 275

  as a “land of famine”, 43, 94– 95 , 202n45, 205n54, 218– 219 , 283contrasted with the Tang-Song transition theory of economic theory, 11, 282– 283

  martial characteristic of the early Hebei people, 44– 46 , 205n54

  militarization baojia (Guards and Tithings system), 196– 197 , 203, 204

  and the demilitarization of Hebei's civil society, 62, 65– 67 , 204

  Dingzhou's military expenditure, 241

  and its agricultural production, 62– 63 , 94n26, 93– 94 , 95

  and state control, 12– 13 , 58– 61 , 65

  Strong Valiants and Righteous and Brave militia, 93, 93n22, 93n23, 94n24, 94, 95, 192, 203– 204

  of the swampy landscape created by frontier ponds, 68– 69

  modern Hebei Province distinguished from, 39

  state management of, 64n18, 67– 73 , 134n51and militarization, 12– 13 , 45, 58– 61 , 65

  and the restoration of a stable agricultural society and economy, 73– 79 , 81

  taxes quotas of Summer-Autumn taxes in 1077, 231t5

  quotas of Summer-Autumn taxes in 1080, 231– 232 , 232t6

  as the “the root of All-Under-Heaven”, 6, 217, 246

  water system, 250illus13

  Yellow River courses in. See trialectics among a river, a plain, and a state Yellow River Yellow River, courses 1048–1128 in Hebei Yellow River–Hebei environmental complex

  Zhili region, 39, 263

  See also Daming prefecture; Dingzhou prefecture; Juma River; Yuhe Canal

  Hebei–demographics, refugees displaced by 1048 flooding, 2– 3 , 9

  Helian Bobo deforestation of Tongwan City established by, 32

  Tongwan City established in the Ordos, 31– 32

  Henan as a land “south of the river”, 36, 113, 115– 117

  flooding in the summer of 1077 of, 151– 152

  and the Song dynasty, 55– 56

  winter wheat cultivation, 85– 86

  “wood-grass fee” (shaocao qian) demanded of, 185

  Hong Mai, 171– 172

  Ho, Ping-ti, 30n10

  Hou, Renzhi and Deng Hui, 30n9

  Huang Mao, 234

  Huang Tingjian, 197

  Huang-Yun (Yellow River-Grand Canal), 136, 286, 287

  hydraulic cycle scholarship, 178– 179n79

  hydraulic mode of consumption concept of, 6

  and deforestation, 6, 9, 268, 275– 279 , 284, 287

  and developmental strategies in contemporary China, 288– 290

  and Elvin's notion of “technological lock-in”, 13n21

  and the inversion of core-periphery relations in Hebei, 6, 8, 9, 13– 14 , 186– 187 , 244– 246 , 287

  and state management of frontier ponds, 166– 167

  Wittfogel's productive mode contrasted with, 12n20, 12, 13, 177, 186– 187

  and the Yellow River–Hebei environmental complex, 5– 8 , 9, 12– 13 , 141– 143 , 177– 187 , 244– 247 , 285– 286 , 289– 290

  hydraulic mode of production. See Wittfogel, Karl, hydraulic mode of production theory

  Hymes, Robert P., 10n13, 15n25, 88n11

  Jia Changchao, 4, 93n19, 144, 193

  Jingrong Commandery, 70

  Juma River as the de facto northern boundary of Song-occupied Hebei, 38– 39 , 40n27, 160, 167

  and the Hebei transportation infrastructure, 61n13

  merging with the Yellow River, 143

  Jurchen defeat of the Liao, 160

  defeat of the Northern Song, 160– 161 , 280– 281

  Jin Dynasty of, 286– 287

  Juma Riv
er crossed by, 167, 280– 281

  See also Liao dynasty

  Kaifeng breaching of dykes to inflict a flood in, 134, 134n51

  everyday life depicted in the “Qingming shanghe tu” scroll attributed to Zhang Zeduan, 88

  fiscal policy, 221, 240

  flooding in the summer of 1077 of, 152

  Jurchen besieging of, 280

  proximity to convenient water transportation, 115– 117

  refugees from 1074 flooding in Hebei, 197

  severe drought in, 101

  Khitan. See Liao dynasty

  Kidder, Tristram R., 35

  Lamouroux, Christian, 18n28, 127, 133, 134, 144n5, 274n90

  Lan Dingyuan, 265

  Late Zhou dynasty, 112treatment of floods, 113– 114

  Lau, Nap-yin and Huang K'uan-chung, 64n18, 117n18

  Lefebvre, Henri, 7n11, 135

  Leonard, Jane Kate, 27n5, 173n71

  Levine, Ari Daniel, 105n55, 150n14, 154n23, 175n73

  Li Chui, 124– 128 , 143, 152– 153 , 158, 159

  Li, Jinshui, 150n14

  Li, Lillian M., 43n30, 202n45, 205n54, 283

  Li Qingchen, 194, 197

  Li Zhongchang, 145– 146 , 175

  Liang, Gengyao, 221n18

  Liang Tao, 219

  Liang Yantong, 208, 276

  Liao dynasty earthquakes in Shaanxi in the eleventh century in, 102

  and Hebei as a buffer zone, 51, 57

  Nanjing district of northern Hebei controlled by, 39, 50

  and Song frontier-pond defensive tunnels, 65n20, 68, 68n25, 92, 256

  and Song resistance against the Khitan, 58, 84

  Juma River border with the Song state, 38– 39

  Mongolian Steppe origins of, 50

  Song dynasty peace settlement with, 56– 57 , 84, 92

  Linghu Duanfu, 207– 208

  Liu Chang, 1n1, 109, 144, 192

  Liu, Dongsheng, 28n6

  Liu, Heping, 119n21, 120– 121n22 , 122n24

  Liu, James T. C., 65n19, 158, 243, 284n7

  Liu Kai, 49

  Liu Xiu (founding emperor of the Eastern Han), 45

  Liu Yu (Leshou's magistrate), 208– 209

  Liyang Commandery, 200

  locust infestation, 76– 77 , 79– 80 , 100, 101, 108, 131, 146, 195, 218

  Loess Plateau and the 1048 flooding of the Yellow River, 132

  deforestation, 31, 277n102

  environmental conditions three thousand years ago, 30, 30n9, 35

  wood-rich northwestern regions of southern part of, 185

  Lorge, Peter, 49n45, 50n47, 56n5, 69– 70n29

  Lou Yao, 264

  Lü Dafang, 154, 173

  Ma, Junya, 136, 284– 286 , 287

  McDermott, Joseph, 10n13, 46n34, 86n7, 190n1, 223n21, 223n22

  McNeill, John R., 12n19, 14– 15n24

  Makita, Tairyō, 264n54, 265n55

  Man, Zhimin, 108n1

  manorial economy of medieval China, 45– 46 , 86– 87

  Marks, Robert B., 30n10, 67n24, 85n2, 205n54

  Meng Changling, 158, 160, 175

  Mesopotamia, 256

  Migdal, Joel S., 120– 121n22

  millet as a dietary staple, 231

  and drought, 218

  and the flooding, 219

  and the grain tax, 231– 232

  and pressure on laborers to serve as hydraulic labor, 219

  and salination, 170

  and traditional dry-land farming in north China, 223– 224 , 229, 231n42, 237

  winter wheat as a competitor of, 230

  winter wheat compared with, 224, 225, 226t4

  winter wheat rotated with, 226n31, 226, 227, 227n33

  yields during the Tang-Song transition, 73, 79, 223– 224

  Mitchell, W. J. T., 122n25, 124, 137– 138 , 138n56, 187

  Miyazaki, Ichisada, 10n13

  Mongolian Steppe dust in Beijing, 265n58

  and Hebei in early China, 43, 45– 46

  Ordos, 28, 29, 31– 32

  Morita, Akira, 178– 179n79

  Mostern, Ruth, 66n22, 117n18, 119n21, 137n55, 200n40

  Muscolino, Micah S., 27n5, 134n51, 201n42, 202n45, 205n54, 262n42, 280– 281 , 281n1–2

  Naitō Torajirō, 10n13, 10n14, 54n1

  Nationalist government, 134n51, 201n42, 280– 281 , 281n2

  Neo-Confucianism, 89– 90 , 135

  Ni, Jinren, 259– 260n34

  Nile River, 25, 257– 258 , 258n30

  Nixon, Rob, 134, 134n51

  Ordos, 28, 29, 31– 32 , 265n58

  Ouyang Xiu, 3n3, 90, 91, 96, 98, 99, 104, 109, 144, 145, 175, 221– 222 gongli (state-merchant profit sharing) recommended by, 243

  on Hebei disasters, 101, 169, 218, 220

  Hebei population estimates of, 192

  Peng Ruli, 199

  Perdue, Peter C., 121n23, 180n81, 205n54, 210n61, 213n64

  Pietz, David A., 18n28, 27n5, 281n3, 287n13

  Pomeranz, Kenneth, 136, 278– 279 , 283n4, 284– 286 , 287

  Qianning Commandery, 168, 200, 206– 207 , 235

  Qin dynasty, 30– 31 , 32Jing Ke's assassination attempts, 44

  Lord Shang, 44

  “Qingming shanghe tu” scroll attributed to Zhang Zeduan, 88

  Radkau, Joachim, 256

  Ren Boyu, 199, 200

  rice cultivation, 69, 233– 239 early-ripening variety of, 85, 223, 234, 238– 239

  introduced to Cangzhou Commandery by He Chanegju, 234

  in the Yangzi valley, 85, 87, 238– 239

  Roumasset, James, 225n26

  Rueschemeyer, Dietrich, 19n31, 120– 121n22

  Sakugen, 265

  salt/salinization, 262– 264 , 267, 279, 284

  sand Hebei sandification, 221, 262– 267 , 279

  Mongolian steppe dust in Beijing, 265n58

  Ordos desert, 28, 29, 31– 32

  sandstorms (yutu), 32, 33, 267

  Schoppa, Keith R., 205n54

  Scott, James C., 14, 142– 143 , 179– 180 , 180n80, 187, 212, 214n65, 216n1, 225n26, 261

  Shaanxi agricultural production in the eleventh century, 220

  earthquakes, 101– 102

  ethnic diversity of, 48

  Qin state in, 44

  trade between Chang'an and Hebei, 46

  Shapiro, Judith, 288n13

  Shen Gua, 164– 165 , 168, 169, 236, 275, 279

  Shen Li, 262– 263 , 265n58, 269, 270

  Shi, Nianhai, 27n5, 30n9, 30n10, 32n15, 33n17, 265n58

  Shi, Nianhai, Cao Erqin, and Zhu Shiguang, 30n10

  Shiba, Yoshinobu, 10n14, 46n34, 67n24, 86n7, 190n1, 223n21, 223n22

  Shi ji, 44n31

  Shun'an Commandery, 70, 200, 220, 235

  Sichuan, 67n24, 117, 148

  silt and the Nile River, 257– 258 , 258n30

  “silting-field measure” (yutian fa), 257– 260 , 265n58

  in the Wei River running through Chang'an, 32– 33

  Yellow River siltation and the agricultural economy of Han Chinese farmers, 31

  during drought years, 132

  and flows of, 25, 28n6, 27– 28 , 30, 34, 258n30

  silt loads of local rivers compared with, 29

  and southward shifting of, 250illus13, 253– 255

  See also sand

  Sima Guang, 3, 148, 149– 150 , 154, 157, 162, 167, 174, 175, 193, 218, 263

  Skinner, G. William, 10– 11 , 17, 17n27, 18n28, 278

  Skocpol, Theda, 19n31, 120– 121n22

  Smil, Vaclav, 202

  Smith, Paul Jakov, 54n2, 64n18, 67n24, 87n2, 149n13, 150n14

  Soja, Edward W., 7n11, 7n12

  Song dynasty agricultural revolution during, 86

  cultural vibrancy, 54, 65– 66 , 88– 90

  long-distance trade, 86

  Neo-Confucianism, 89– 90 , 135

  Northern Song emperors. See Emperor Huizong Emperor Qinzong Emperor Renzong Emperor Shenzong Emperor Taizong Emperor Taizu Emperor Zhenzong Emperor Zhezong

  and the e
nvironmental entwinement of the Yellow River and the Hebei Plain. See trialectics among a river, a plain, and a state trialectics among a river, a plain, and a state, in imperial China Yellow River–Hebei environmental complex

  geopolitics, 55illus6, 116illus10, 117– 118 Hebei's administrative districts, 59illus7

  Jurchen invasion, 134n51, 244

  Khitan Liao invasion, 58

  territorial disputes, 84, 92

  war against, 92

  See also Liao dynasty

  self-consciousness of, 53– 55 , 60, 120– 121n22

  Tangut Xixia territorial disputes, 84, 92

  war against, 92

  See also Xixia

  Southern Song, emperors. See Emperor Gaozong

  the state as an environmental force reshaping the land of Hebei, 7n12, 8, 9, 53– 57 , 67– 73 , 131– 132 , 215

  state management of the Yellow River–Hebei environmental complex. See Yellow River–Hebei environmental complex

  See also Hebei, militarization; trialectics among a river, a plain, and a state; Water Conservancy (dushuijian)

  Song Qi, 99n41, 246

  Song, Yuqin and Zhang Lixiao, 33n19

  South-North Water Transfer, 288– 289

  Standard History of the Song Dynasty (Song shi), 71– 72 , 132– 133 , 143, 238, 260– 261 , 262

  Standen, Naomi, 49n43, 112n9and Hugh Clark, 49n45, 50n47

  Su Shi, 242

  Su Zhe, 154, 175, 243– 244

  Sun Minxian (prefect of Shenzhou), 152– 153

  Sun, Xia, 33n20

  Taihang Mountains deforestation of, 271, 272, 274n90, 275, 279, 280– 281

  geographical location, 38, 39

  Meng Changling's plan to create a channel through, 158

  water originating from, 42, 249, 251

  Tan, Qixiang, 27n5, 30n9, 265n58

  Tang dynasty, Chang'an, environmental conditions, 32– 33

  Tang Jie, 169– 170 , 206, 214

  Tang-Song transition, 190n1millet yields, 73, 223– 224

  theory of economic growth, 10, 10n13, 54n2and Hebei's counter image, 11, 238– 239

 

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