Zhuang, Y;
Lee, H;
Kidder, TR;
(2016)
The cradle of heaven-human induction idealism: agricultural intensification, environmental consequences and social responses in Han China and Three-Kingdoms Korea.
World Archaeology
, 48
(4)
pp. 563-585.
10.1080/00438243.2016.1251850.
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Abstract
Han China (206 bc–ad 220) witnessed significant population growth, pronounced technological development, intensified agricultural practices and the construction of large-scale hydraulic engineering projects in the Yellow River. These processes coincided with increased frequency and intensity of major floods along the Yellow River. The interactions between flooding and social-technical developments fundamentally reshaped the politics of the Han and stimulated the formation of so-called heaven-human induction idealism. This Confucian environmental ethic gradually became a powerful orthodoxy that shaped political and economic behaviours and society’s perspective on and actions towards utilizing environmental resources and transforming landscapes. Similar processes played out in Three-Kingdoms Korea (ad 300–668). The Korean case exemplifies how, as in China, this idealism was a product of the long-term interplay between state formation and the environment through the development of intensive agriculture.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The cradle of heaven-human induction idealism: agricultural intensification, environmental consequences and social responses in Han China and Three-Kingdoms Korea |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00438243.2016.1251850 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2016.1251850 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in World Archaeology on 20 Jan 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00438243.2016.1251850 |
| Keywords: | Han China, heaven-human induction idealism, agricultural intensification, Yellow River floods, Three-Kingdoms period Korea |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1537421 |
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